Linux Vendors Rush to Patch Privilege Escalation Flaw After Root Exploits Emerge

Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by local attackers to gain root access on the system. The vulnerability, which is identified as CVE-2012-0056, was discovered by JA1/4ri Aedla. Linux distributions providing these kernel versions should be vulnerable, security expert says. The exploit works around various factors that could limit the impact of this vulnerability in Linux distributions like Fedora or Gentoo, like Fedora, Gentoo.”]

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