A NEW PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VULNERABILITY IN THE LINUX KERNEL, ENABLES A LOCAL ATTACKER TO EXECUTE MALWARE ON VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
Filed in Linux Security on Jan.16, 2023
A new privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel by researcher Davide Ornaghi. This vulnerability might enable a local attacker to execute code on vulnerable computers with elevated rights if the kernel is installed on those systems. Additionally, Davide published the proof-of-concept and the write-up. The vulnerability, which has been assigned the tracking number […]