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Linux Kernel local privilege escalation via SUID /proc/pid/mem write

🗓️ 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00Reported by CERTType 
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Linux Kernel local privilege escalation via SUID /proc/pid/mem write. Vulnerability allows local, authenticated attacker to escalate to root privileges via insufficient protections in /proc/<pid>/mem, affecting Linux kernel >= 2.6.39. Patch available in kernel image 3.0.18 and 3.2.2

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