Hello,
A very serious security problem has been found in the Linux kernel. A 0-day local privilege escalation vulnerability has existed for eleven years since 2005. This bug affects all sort of of Android devices or Linux kernel to escalate privileges. Any user can become root in less than five seconds. The bug has existed since Linux kernel version 2.6.22+
A list of affected Linux distros (including VMs and containers that share the same kernel)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x CentOS Linux 7.x CentOS Linux 6.x CentOS Linux 5.x Debian Linux wheezy Debian Linux jessie Debian Linux stretch Debian Linux sid Ubuntu Linux precise (LTS 12.04) Ubuntu Linux trusty Ubuntu Linux xenial (LTS 16.04) Ubuntu Linux yakkety Ubuntu Linux vivid/ubuntu-core SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and 12.
Details and Fixing :
Redhat : https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661 Debian : https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5195 Ubuntu : http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5195.html
Please feel free to submit a ticket if you need help.
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