The vulnerability of the cachefiles component in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to increase their privileges within the system.

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s cachefiles component is related to the use of memory after it is freed in the cachefilesFlushReqs function. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a failure of the cachefiles component to properly refresh all requests after setting CACHEFILESDEAD...