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How To Patch and Protect Linux Kernel Zero Day Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2016-5195

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Oct 22, 2016

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+. How do I fix this problem?
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