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The vulnerability of the mm/gup.c component in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to increase their privileges.

🗓️ 06 Apr 2017 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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Local attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting a Linux mm/gup.c flaw with insufficient concurrent checks and Copy-On-Write abuse.

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06 Feb 2025 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 37
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.83906
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