Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Zephyr RTOS by Zephyr Project

CVE-2025-9408

What is CVE-2025-9408?

This vulnerability arises from a race condition during system call entry on Cortex M processors, which potentially allows malicious userspace processes to escalate their privileges. Exploiting this weakness can lead to unauthorized access to system resources, thus enhancing the attack surface for bad actors.

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