A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter subsystem has been discovered that allows local attackers to escalate privileges through an out-of-bounds write condition. The flaw, identified as CVE-2024-53141, affects the ipset bitmap functionality and could enable unprivileged users to gain root access on vulnerable systems. CVE ID CVE-2024-53141 Affected Versions Up to commit 041bd1e4 in Torvalds’s Linux […]

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