The 2013 Pwnie Nominee For Best Privilege Escalation Bug

Linux kernel perf_swevents_init (CVE-2013-2094)

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You know a bug is cool when spender and geohot have re-exploited it on different architectures. This kernel bug has been in the linux kernel for a long time and affected many, many systems.

(CVE-2013-2094)