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CVE-2017-5123 — Exploits Linux kernel CVE-2017-5123 to achieve local privilege escalation; includes C source, static build instructions, and a write-up on the vulnerability. | Kitploit
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CVE-2017-5123

Exploits Linux kernel CVE-2017-5123 to achieve local privilege escalation; includes C source, static build instructions, and a write-up on the vulnerability.

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CVE-2017-5123

Exploit for the kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-5123

You can compile it with: gcc -static -Wall -Wextra -Werror -o cve20175123 CVE-2017-5123.c

If you want further explanation, I've wrote an article explaining how it's work, you can find it here

This exploit is more reliable than the previous published by hexpresso, but it's still not perfect, he won't work on system with SMEP/SMAP and with kptr_restrict.

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