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Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered that Linux did not correctly
initialize certain socket operation function pointers. A local attacker
could exploit this to gain root privileges. By default, Ubuntu 8.04
and later with a non-zero /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr setting were not
vulnerable.
Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered that Linux did not correctly
initialize certain socket operation function pointers. A local attacker
could exploit this to gain root privileges. By default, Ubuntu 8.04
and later with a non-zero /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr setting were not
vulnerable.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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