Root vulnerability in the Linux kernel and denial of service in systemd
Security researchers from Qualys have revealed details of two vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel and the system manager systemd. The kernel vulnerability (CVE-2021-33909) allows a local user to achieve code execution with root privileges through manipulations with deeply nested directories. The risk of the vulnerability is heightened as researchers have managed to prepare working exploits that function on Ubuntu 20.04/20.10/21.04, Debian 11, and Fedora 34 […]
