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Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: privilege escalation via net/nfc/rawsock.c
November 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 28/09/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via net/nfc/rawsock.c of the
Linux kernel, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-via-net-nfc-rawsock-c-33442
