Dirtycow

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Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW' /proc/self/mem Race Condition Privilege Escalation (/etc/passwd)

Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW' PTRACE_POKEDATA Race Condition Privilege Escalation (/etc/passwd)

The GitHub repo for exploit 40847 provides extra information.

gbonacini/CVE-2016-5195