Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Found in RDS Over TCP

A memory corruption vulnerability recently found in Linux Kernel’s implementation of RDS over TCP could lead to privilege escalation. 

Tracked as CVE-2019-11815 and featuring a CVSS base score of 8.1, the flaw impacts Linux kernels prior to 5.0.8, but only systems that use the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) for the TCP module.

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