Google Project Zero Discloses New Linux Kernel Flaw

Google Project Zero this week disclosed the details and released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a potentially serious Linux kernel vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-17182 and assigned a severity rating of “high,” was discovered by Google Project Zero’s Jann Horn. The security hole is a use-after-free introduced in August 2014 with the release of … Read more