can you please be a tad more patient and cause fewer edit conflicts? :) completed the merge nicely
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#REDIRECT [[Linux kernel#Security]] {{R from merge}}
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The '''vmsplice() local root exploit''' was a vulnerability in the [[Linux kernel]] that allowed a user with [[shell account|shell access]] to mount a [[privilege escalation]] attack to gain [[root]] against a system running versions of the kernel later than 2.6.17.<ref name="Secunia">{{cite news | first=Wojciech | last=Purczynskiof | coauthors= qaaz | title= Linux Kernel "vmsplice()" System Call Vulnerabilities | date=[[2008-02-11]] | url =http://secunia.com/advisories/28835/ | work =[[Secunia]] | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | language = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first= | last=Dawson | coauthors= | title= Linux Kernel "vmsplice()" System Call Vulnerabilities | date=[[2008-02-10]] | publisher=[[SourceForge]] | url =http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/10/2011257 | work =[[Slashdot]] | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | language = }}</ref> This remained unpatched for several days, but was fixed in kernel version 2.6.24.2. <ref name="Secunia"/>
