Canonical, Red Hat, and Arch Linux have released patches that fix a vulnerability in Linux kernels 2.6.39 and above that enable attackers to gain system root access. The distro patches followed a kernel patch to fix the vulnerability, but proof-of-concept exploit code examples have already been posted.
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Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux patch Linux kernel exploit
Apply patch content embedded within a mailing list post?
Is there a method to automatically apply patch content embedded within a mailing list post (email)? Other than cut and paste.
The patch content has a fair number of patch files all embedded within a single mailing list post.
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