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kernel: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CVE-2012-0056
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| Created: | January 23, 2012 |
Updated: | January 30, 2012 |
| Description: |
Jüri Aedla discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled /proc/<pid>/mem permissions. A local attacker could exploit this and gain root privileges.
See the "zx2c4" weblog and this LWN article for additional details. |
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