Linux Kernel 'ptrace_attach()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Linux Kernel 'ptrace_attach()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials (Linux)
CVE request: kernel: ptrace_attach: fix the usage of ->cred_exec_mutex (Linux)
Linux kernel Homepage (kernel.org)
Linux kernel PTrace Race Condition (xorl)
ptrace: ptrace_attach: fix the usage of ->cred_exec_mutex (Linux)

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