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Critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel affects all versions since 2001

Publication:Heise OnlineDate:Aug 17 2009

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The vulnerability enables users with limited rights to get root rights on the system. The cause is a NULL pointer dereference in connection with the initialisation of sockets for rarely used protocols.


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