Privilege escalation in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-9644
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Oracle Linux — versions 5, 6, 7
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu (Permissions Required)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)