Security News > 2017 > September > Two-Year Old Vulnerability Patched in Linux Kernel

2017-09-27 14:56
A high risk security vulnerability that could be exploited to escalate privileges has been patched in Linux kernel after being initially discovered more than two years ago. read more
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