How Hard is This
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This entry references a kernel exploitation challenge hosted on pwn.college, specifically Level-8 of their Linux kernel exploitation module. The challenge is designed as an educational exercise to deepen understanding of real-world Linux kernel exploitation techniques. It is not a report of a new vulnerability or active threat but rather a training resource. There is no indication of a security flaw, exploit in the wild, or vendor advisory associated with this content.
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https://pwn.college/software-exploitation/kernel-exploitation/
Hello, is this one hard? :Level-8 on the page on the link.
I want to learn kernel exploitation. I want to finish the last level as the milestone. I started doing it immediately. I do know heap exploitation, stack buffer overflow, ROP, shellcode, and have experience in writing C program, simple kernel driver before. But I still cannot make it in 3 days (I have something else to do so I am not fully dedicated to this). But the progress was not going well.
My first sentence was the main question, to those of you who have or haven't finished it but attempted. How hard do you think it really is and what was the main difficulty if you still remember? Thank you.
Or if you are a binary/kernel exploitation expert but did not try that challenge, perhaps take a look at the vulnerable kernel module very quickly. Thanks. I am purely interested in knowing the approximate difficulty of this sort of challenge and approximately how much time and energy I would need to finish it with my background.