The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-03-02T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.707Z

Reserved: 2015-01-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9644

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-02T11:59:03.660

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:23:09.017

Link: CVE-2014-9644

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9644 - Bugzilla