linux_kernel vulnerabilities and exploits

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udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space....

3 EDB exploits available1 Metasploit module available23 Github repositories available

The Linux kernel 2.6.0 through 2.6.30.4, and 2.4.4 through 2.4.37.4, does not initialize all function pointers for socket operations in proto_ops structures, which allows local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and gain privileges by using mmap to map page zero,...

8 EDB exploits available1 Metasploit module available29 Github repositories available