Posted on Oct 21, 2016

Dirty COW — Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild

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"Dirty COW potentially allows any installed malicious app to gain administrative (root-level) access to a device and completely hijack it." As noted in the article, RedHat, Ubuntu and Debian have already rolled out fixes, and other users are strongly encouraged to do the same.

Dirty COW — Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild

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Posted 8 y ago

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

Posted 8 y ago

Thanks - I'll check it out.

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Posted 8 y ago

I wonder when the android patch will be available...

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

Posted 8 y ago

There is always some Hacker looking for an Opportunity.

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