PowerVR Patch Security Issues

A couple security issues were discovered in PowerVR during a patch review. While reviewing a preview patch for https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2540 , I noticed some issues - most of them minor, but the following two seem like they probably have bigger security impact: F....

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 (RedHat Ubuntu 10.04) - Full-Nelson.c Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 RedHat Ubuntu 10.04 - Full-Nelson.c Local Privilege Escalation / Linux Kernel = 2.6.37 local privilege escalation by Dan Rosenberg @djrbliss on twitter Usage: gcc full-nelson.c -o full-nelson ./full-nelson This exploit leverages three vulnerabilities to get root, all of which...