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8-year-old Linux Kernel flaw DirtyCred is nasty as Dirty Pipe

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()2 min read3
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-4154
A use-after-free flaw was found in cgroup1_parse_param in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c in the Linux kernel's cgroup v1 parser
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CVE-2022-0847
Local Privilege Escalation ('Dirty Pipe') in the Linux Kernel
7.893%KEVPoC ×4
KEV
CVE-2022-2588
It was discovered that the cls_route filter implementation in the Linux kernel would not remove an old filter from the hashtable before freeing it if its…
7.86%PoC

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2 min read at securityaffairs.com

Researchers shared details of an eight-year-old flaw dubbed DirtyCred , defined as nasty as Dirty Pipe, in the Linux kernel. Researchers from Northwestern University ( Zhenpeng Lin | PhD Student, Yuhang Wu | PhD Student, Xinyu Xing | Associate Professor) disclosed an eight-year-old security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, dubbed DirtyCred , which they defined “as nasty as Dirty Pipe .”

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