Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: privilege escalation via acpi_configfs.c
September 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Linux, openSUSE Leap, RHEL, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 16/07/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via acpi_configfs.c of the
Linux kernel, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-via-acpi-configfs-c-32850