---
id: 8735
title: "Exploiting Recursion in the Linux Kernel"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2016/06/exploiting-recursion-in-linux-kernel_20.html"
published_at: "2016-06-20T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["linux", "privilege-escalation", "ubuntu", "kernel", "recursion"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8735"
lang: en
---

# Exploiting Recursion in the Linux Kernel

## Summary

A report on an arbitrary recursion bug in the Linux kernel, triggerable by a local user on Ubuntu systems installed with home directory encryption support, with exploit code published.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2016-06-20T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2016/06/exploiting-recursion-in-linux-kernel_20.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8735