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An error in the handling of special netlink messages in the Linux kernel can allow a user to surreptitiously gain root privileges.

To read the rest of the article, please click the following link: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Vulnerability-in-recent-Linux-kernels-offers-root-rights-1810597.html

My question is: has a patch been issued for Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10?

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See the answer here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2121240&p=12536278#post12536278

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Linux is not Windows and in general patches are released much faster.

You may wish to bookmark this page - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn

In the future, it is worth searching that page for security bugs and fixes

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