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Linux kernel gets patch for 11-year-old local-root-hole security bug

TeeCee Gold badge

Hmm.

dccp_v6_conn_request

I wonder if there's also a dccp_v4_conn_request in there? If so and that hasn't got the same issue, that would go a long way toward explaining why nobody noticed this 'til very recently.

Anyone?

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