A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine.

Kernel maintainers have fixed all four over the past few weeks, so a system running an up-to-date kernel is not affected. But the exploit code is now public, and any machine still running an older kernel should be updated.

The flaws



Source: TheHackerNews
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