Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24250Privilege Escalation
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.2%
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A function in the Linux kernel’s Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation was missing sanity checks, which could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges.
References
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