Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24258Privilege Escalation
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists as a race condition between finding a keyring by name and destroying a freed keyring in the key management facility, allowing a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
References
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