CVE-2020-21583

A vulnerability was found in hwclock in util-linux, which allowed non-root users to access the hardware clock. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the path parameter when setting the date.

This presents an issue only in scenarios where the administrator has configured hwclock to be setuid root. However, it's important to note that this is a non-default and unlikely configuration.

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