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September 8, 2020

Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-14386 – Linux Kernel tpacket_rcv function privilege escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a memory corruption flaw in the tpacket_rcv function in af_packet.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges as root.

Impact

Gain Privileges

Affected Vendors

Linux Kernel

Affected Products

Linux Kernel 5.7.0

Remediation

Refer to Linux website for upgraded patch.

https://www.kernel.org/

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