Security researchers have discovered a new privilege-escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel that could allow a local attacker to execute code on the affected systems with elevated privileges. Discovered by Venustech ADLab (Active-Defense Lab) researchers, the Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2017-15265) is due to a use-after-free memory error in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) sequencer interface […]
Short Bytes: A serious nine-year-old bug in Linux kernel has been recently revealed. Named Dirty COW, this flaw can help an attacker to gain write access to read-only memory. Linux kernel maintainers have released the patch and users are advised to install it as soon as possible. Open source software leader Red Hat has told the world […]
Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users unfettered root access. A serious vulnerability that has been present for nine years in virtually all versions of the Linux operating system is under active exploit, according to researchers who are advising users to install a patch as soon as possible. While CVE-2016-5195, as the […]