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CVE-2014-9644

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.038

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2543-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic_3.13.0-48.80~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2543-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic_3.13.0-48.80~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2544-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic_3.13.0-48.80_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2544-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic_3.13.0-48.80_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2544-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-lowlatency_3.13.0-48.80_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2544-1) linux-image-3.13.0-48-lowlatency_3.13.0-48.80_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2545-1) linux-image-3.16.0-33-generic_3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2545-1) linux-image-3.16.0-33-generic_3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2545-1) linux-image-3.16.0-33-lowlatency_3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2545-1) linux-image-3.16.0-33-lowlatency_3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek-0.4.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234