cve/2017/CVE-2017-2616.md

### [CVE-2017-2616](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616)
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### Description

A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/garethr/findcve