kernel: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2008-3247 | ||||||||||||
| Created: | July 22, 2008 | Updated: | October 23, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The kernel (on x86_64 systems only) used an incorrectly-sized buffer in LDT handling, leading to a potential local privilege escalation; this vulnerability was introduced in 2.6.25. | ||||||||||||||
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