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Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files

Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands as Root

Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files

Qualys's Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered and published a logic flaw in Linux kernel "that permits an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several major distributions." Friday their blog…

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