LINUX KERNEL FLAW ALLOWS ROOT ACCESS ACROSS DISTRIBUTIONS
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A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel, dubbed CIFSwitch, could allow attackers to gain root privileges on multiple distributions. The flaw affects the CIFS (Common Internet File System) subsystem.
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