---
id: 5089
title: "Kernel-hack-drill and a new approach to exploiting CVE-2024-50264 in the Linux kernel"
cve: CVE-2024-50264
cvss: 7.8
severity: high
source_domain: swarm.ptsecurity.com
source_url: "https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/kernel-hack-drill-and-a-new-approach-to-exploiting-cve-2024-50264-in-the-linux-kernel/"
published_at: "2025-09-02T14:43:00Z"
tags: ["privilege-escalation", "use-after-free", "linux-kernel", "exploit-development", "cve-2024-50264", "kernel-hack-drill"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5089"
lang: en
---

# Kernel-hack-drill and a new approach to exploiting CVE-2024-50264 in the Linux kernel

## Summary

Alexander Popov presents kernel-hack-drill, the tooling that helped him exploit CVE-2024-50264, a race-condition use-after-free in the Linux kernel's AF_VSOCK (Pwnie 2025, Best Privilege Escalation).

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** swarm.ptsecurity.com
- **CVE:** CVE-2024-50264
- **CVSS:** 7.8
- **Published:** 2025-09-02T14:43:00Z
- **Original:** https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/kernel-hack-drill-and-a-new-approach-to-exploiting-cve-2024-50264-in-the-linux-kernel/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5089