Linux vendors rush to patch privilege escalation flaw after root exploits emerge

[ Thanks to Amy Bennett for this link. ]

Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege
escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited
by local attackers to gain root access on the system.

The vulnerability, which is identified as CVE-2012-0056, was
discovered by Jüri Aedla and is caused by a failure of the
Linux kernel to properly restrict access to the “/proc//mem”
file.

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