Re: [bitfolk] Local user privilege escalation, kernel 3.3 an…

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Author: Andreas Olsson
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Local user privilege escalation, kernel 3.3 and beyond
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013, at 2:40, Andy Smith wrote:
> A flaw in the Linux kernel introduced in 3.3 allows a local user to
> crash the kernel or obtain root access. Those running new enough
> distributions (notably including Ubuntu 12.04) are vulnerable, so
> please check whether you need to update.
>
> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1763
> http://lwn.net/Articles/540082/


Sure about Ubuntu 12.04? It running a 3.2 kernel it really shouldn't be
affected.

Ubuntu 12.10 on the other hand runs a 3.5 kernel It has CVE-2013-1763
fixed as of the 3.5.0-25.39 version.

// Andreas