System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.
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Description System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.
Title Userspace privilege escalation vulnerability on Cortex M
Weaknesses CWE-270
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zephyr

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-11T15:34:58.719Z

Reserved: 2025-08-25T06:44:35.788Z

Link: CVE-2025-9408

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-11T16:15:40.917

Modified: 2025-11-11T16:15:40.917

Link: CVE-2025-9408

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