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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9644
Reference (s):
- BID:72320
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html