16 Mar
2022
16 Mar
'22
3:12 p.m.
On 2022-03-16 09:41, Gilbert E. Detillieux wrote:
My heart almost skipped a beat until I read this in the CVE description:
"... Linux kernel 5.4 through 5.6.10 allows local users to gain privileges ..."
So, not likely to affect any of my busiest systems (because of the kernel version range), and not remotely exploitable in any case.
5.4 is used by Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, so it'll bite quite a number of people.
Not being exploitable is certainly a plus, though.
-Alberto