#kernel
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The Linux 7.2 kernel: nearly 600,000 lines of new code
On August 17, Linus Torvalds released the Linux 7.2 kernel — one of the busiest development cycles in the project's history.
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SCTPhantom: An 18-Year-Old Flaw in Linux's SCTP Stack Leads to Root and Container Escape
A use-after-free in the SCTP networking code, present since 2008, lets a local user gain root. Tencent researchers claim they used it to break out of a container onto the host.
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OVSwrap: a Linux kernel flaw hands local users root through Open vSwitch
A memory-corruption bug in the Open vSwitch datapath lets an ordinary user gain root on a wide range of distributions in their default configuration. The public exploit ships with ready-made data for roughly 800 kernel builds.