PoC Released for DirtyDecrypt Linux Kernel Vulnerability
Patched in April, the underlying vulnerability allows local attackers to elevate their privileges to root. The post PoC Released for DirtyDecrypt Linux Kernel Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Proof-of-concept (PoC) code is now available for another Linux kernel vulnerability that could allow attackers to elevate their privileges to root.
Dubbed DirtyDecrypt (aka DirtyCBC), the exploit comes from the V12 security team, which discovered it earlier this month, after fixes were rolled out in April.
The V12 team has not shared a CVE identifier for the security defect, but noted that it is a missing copy-on-write (COW) guard in the rxgk_decrypt_skb component of the RxGK subsystem.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/poc-released-for-dirtydecrypt-linux-kernel-vulnerability/
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