Exploit for Race Condition in Canonical Ubuntu_Linux

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Important: kernel

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the patches used to fix the 'dirtycow' vulnerability CVE-2016-5195. An attacker, able to run local code, can exploit a race condition in transparent huge pages to modify usually read-only huge pages. CVE-2017-1000405 Linux kernel Virtualization Module CONFIGKVM...

CVE-2017-1000405

A flaw was found in the patches used to fix the 'dirtycow' vulnerability CVE-2016-5195. An attacker, able to run local code, can exploit a race condition in transparent huge pages to modify usually read-only huge pages. Mitigation Disabling the use of zero page: It is possible to prevent the zero...

Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW' 'PTRACE_POKEDATA' Race Condition Privilege Escalation (/etc/passwd Method)

// // This exploit uses the pokemon exploit of the dirtycow vulnerability // as a base and automatically generates a new passwd line. // The user will be prompted for the new password when the binary is run. // The original /etc/passwd file is then backed up to /tmp/passwd.bak // and overwrites t...