8471 shaares
203 private links
203 private links
And exactly the same kind of privilege escalation flaw under Linux: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-kernel-bug-lets-you-get-root-on-most-modern-distros/
At the same time ^^
(Background: These "Escalation privilege" security holes allow, when you already have access to the machine as a simple user, to get administrator rights. This is potentially the way for a malicious program to infect a machine when a simple user launches a program).