Re: Linux distro version affected by CVE-2016-0728

Arun Khan <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:42:50 -0600

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On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Mohan L <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Patch it as soon as you can.
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-cve-2016-0728-0-day-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fix/
>

Thanks.  Vivek Gite does a wonderful service to the community.  This
one included the code for the exploit.   To compile it, I had to
install the "libkeyutils-dev" package (Kubunty 15.10).   I am testing
the exploit on my system :)

Nonetheless, the kernel should be patched up.

-- Arun Khan
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