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CoreOS Patched Against the "Dirty COW" Linux Kernel Vulnerability, Update Now

Coreos patched against the dirty cow linux kernel vulnerability update now

The development of the security- and container-oriented CoreOS GNU/Linux operating system have updated all three channels of the distribution to patch the OS against the well-known “Dirty COW” Linux kernel vulnerability.

CoreOS 1122.3.0 is now the current stable version of the Linux-based operating system, shipping with a fix for the privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel that’s fully documented at CVE-2016-5195, as well as a patch for a denial of service (DoS) issue with the systemd init system, documented at CVE-2016-7795.

On the other hand, the Beta channel of CoreOS is now at version 1185.2.0, and the Alpha channel at version 1192.2.0, also shipping with the patches … (read more)

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