CVE-2013-7421

NameCVE-2013-7421
DescriptionThe 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 module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3170-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.65-1+deb7u2DSA-3170-1
linuxsource(unstable)3.16.7-ckt4-2
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze(not affected)
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in v2.6.38-rc1)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70
https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d26a105b5a7 (v3.19-rc1)

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