Introduced in 2007, the CIFSwitch Linux kernel bug allows users to modify CIFS key description fields and gain root ...
Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...
A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned users to update their Linux systems following the discovery of a 9-year-old root access vulnerability.
PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) ...
Sudo, the main command in Linux that allows users to run tasks, has been found to have a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to execute commands as a root user. The vulnerability, known as ...
Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...