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Dirty Pipe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux

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https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/10/dirty-pipe-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-linux

CISA is aware of a privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel versions 5.8 and later known as “Dirty Pipe” (CVE-2022-0847). A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review (CVE-2022-0847) and update to Linux kernel versions 5.16.11, 5.15.25, and 5.10.102 or later.

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