July 6, 2023, 10:55 a.m. | info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)

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Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user to gain elevated privileges on a target host.
Dubbed StackRot (CVE-2023-3269, CVSS score: 7.8), the flaw impacts Linux versions 6.1 through 6.4. There is no evidence that the shortcoming has been exploited in the wild to date.
"As StackRot is a Linux kernel vulnerability found in the memory

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