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Linux Kernel PRCTL Core Dump Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may gain elevated privileges by creating a coredump file in a directory that they do not have write access to.

A successful attack may result in a complete compromise.

Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.17.4 are vulnerable.