A vulnerability commonly referred to as "Bad Epoll" has been reported in the Linux Kernel's Eventpoll (epoll) subsystem that could allow a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges on the targeted system.
Target Audience:
All organizations and individuals running affected versions of Linux Kernel.
Risk Assessment:
High risk of local privilege escalation, race condition, execute arbitrary code and memory corruption.
Impact Assessment:
Potential for privilege escalation, execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, memory corruption, system compromise and disruption of affected systems.
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