Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Discovered in Linux Kernel, Patches Available
Summary
Alexander Popov, a security researcher from Positive Technologies, discovered and fixed five security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, now uniquely identified as CVE-2021-26708.
Threat Type
Vulnerability
Overview
Alexander Popov, a security researcher from Positive Technologies, discovered and fixed five security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's virtual socket implementation that could lead to a Denial of Service and other actions. They are noted together within CVE-2021-26708. Popov develo