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ZDI-26-576: Linux Kernel XFRM Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A race condition vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux Kernel's XFRM subsystem, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges. The flaw stems from improper locking during operations on skb objects, enabling an attacker with existing high-privileged code execution to gain kernel-level code execution. A fix has been released by Linux.