Linux Kernel CVE-2012-0056 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Linux Kernel CVE-2012-0056 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

Download/kernel/rhel6/042stab049.6 (OpenVZ Project)
kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2012-0052) (Avaya)
Linux kernel Homepage (kernel.org)
Linux Local Privilege Escalation via SUID /proc/pid/mem Write (zx2c4)
proc: clean up and fix /proc//mem handling (Linux)
Linux Kernel local privilege escalation via SUID /proc/pid/mem write (CERT)

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