CVE-2014-9644: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.18.5 (fixed in 3.18.5)
• Oracle Linux: version 5 only; version 6 only; version 7 only

Published 2015-03-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.