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CVE-2016-5195: Linux kernel copy-on-write (COW) results in local privilege escalation. (Bug #270444)
Summary
DETAILS:
CVE-2016-5195 ("dirty COW"): A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the system.
This flaw could be abused by an attacker to modify existing setuid files with instructions to elevate privileges. An exploit using this technique has been found in the wild.
FIX:
Applied patch to fix this vulnerability.
RECOMMENDATION:
Upgrade to a software version with this fix.