Vmsplice() exploit

The vmsplice() local root exploit was a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that allowed a user with shell access to mount a privilege escalation attack to gain root against a system running versions of the kernel later than 2.6.17.cite news | first=Wojciech | last=Purczynskiof | coauthors= qaaz | title= Linux Kernel "vmsplice()" System Call Vulnerabilities | date=2008-02-11 | url =http://secunia.com/advisories/28835/ | work =Secunia | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | language = ] [cite news | first= | last=Dawson | coauthors= | title= Linux Kernel "vmsplice()" System Call Vulnerabilities | date=2008-02-10 | publisher=SourceForge | url =http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/10/2011257 | work =Slashdot | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | language = ] This remained unpatched for several days, but was fixed in kernel version 2.6.24.2.

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