What the vulnerability does

01Description

A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 31, 2022 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated