Summary
Kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel mishandles contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows local users to obtain root access.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Dec 10, 2021
- Remediation due
- Jun 10, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- EPSS
- 52.2% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References