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by instance 1800 days ago
Is it just me, or is this is super similar to Dirty Cow [0] in terms of severity? Insane find!!

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_COW

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iiuc dirty cow did not require CAP_NET_ADMIN to be exploited, and this one does.

That's a massive difference since CAP_NET_ADMIN is somewhat rare (i.e. you can't get it from a random android app, but a random android app could have exploited dirty cow)