linux bug CVE-2016-5195; one of 'em good ones

[_martin]

Now this bug is a good one:

https://github.com/dirtycow/dirtycow.github.io/wiki/VulnerabilityDetails
https://github.com/dirtycow/dirtycow.github.io/wiki/PoCs

What is sad about this is that there was an attempt to fix this few years ago :/ Anyway, the bug is gold laying around.

 

[ronaldlees]

Linux seems to get more and more like commercial software as time goes by ...

 

[hitest]

A patch is out for this bug.