CVE-2014-9644

2014-12-3100:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1415632>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.04 preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-77.112UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-48.80UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.10noarchlinux< 3.16.0-33.44UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1645.64UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-48.80~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1460.80UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-77.112	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-48.80	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.10	noarch	linux	< 3.16.0-33.44	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1645.64	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-48.80~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1460.80	UNKNOWN