Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23792Privilege Escalation
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
18.2%
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A flaw in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux kernel when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets allows a local, unprivileged user to use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges.
References
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