dirty cow vulnerability
The Dirty COW vulnerability is a security flaw in the Linux kernel that allows an unprivileged user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings. This can lead to privilege escalation and potentially allow an attacker to gain full control of the system. It is called "dirty" because it involves exploiting copy-on-write mechanisms in the kernel.
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