### [CVE-2014-9644](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9644)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu

#### Github
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