Security: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in many Linux distros

General Privacy & Security
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Privilege Escalation possible in most Linux distros including Debian.

https://www.qualys.com/2021/07/20/cve-2021-33909/sequoia-local-privilege-escalation-linux.txt

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This isn’t typically a problem on personal computers unless blended with some other exploit, a remote exploit, that first gets the attacker local access.

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You should update if you share your computer with family and friends. Or some who put an USB inside to display some photos or can-you-print-a-pdf-for-me.

Same for Routers which accept usb for Files or Media to share with the cloud. Someone could insert an USB too.

Or if you have to unzip a packed archive and do not known whats inside first.

I fixed that with an update to the new kernels. However my old android is not affected cause this issue was not in that kind of old kernels.