‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite data

A newly revealed vulnerability in the Linux kernel allows an attacker to overwrite data in arbitrary read-only files. Detailed today by security researcher Max Kellermann and dubbed “Dirty Pipe,” the vulnerability leads to privilege escalation, since unprivileged processes can inject code into root processes. The vulnerability, officially named CVE-2022-0847, affects Linux Kernel 5.8 and later versions, […]

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