This was fixed almost three months ago in USN-319-1. ** Visibility changed to: Public
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Kernel vulnerable to local /proc privilege escalation https://launchpad.net/bugs/59233 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs