- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- October 21st, 2016
Canonical Patches Ancient "Dirty COW" Kernel Bug in All Supported Ubuntu OSes
Affects Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, and 12.04 LTS
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- October 20th, 2016
Linux Kernels 4.8.3, 4.7.9 & 4.4.26 LTS Out to Patch "Dirty COW" Security Flaw
Users are urged to update their system immediately
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20th, 2016
Linux Kernel Zero-Day CVE-2016-5195 Patched After Being Deployed in Live Attacks
Dirty COW flaw existed in Linux kernel for 9 years