Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:18246Privilege Escalation
EPSS
Percentile
39.5%
Linux kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. There exist a race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel. Local users could gain privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context.
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