Security News > 2018 > May > Privilege Escalation Bug Lurked in Linux Kernel for 8 Years
2018-05-01 20:12
A security vulnerability in a driver leading to local privilege escalation in the latest Linux Kernel version was introduced 8 years ago, Check Point reveals. read more
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