CentOS 6 Linux Servers Receive Important Kernel Security Patch, Update Now

We reported a couple of days ago that Johnny Hughes from the CentOS Linux team published an important kernel security advisory for users of the CentOS 7 operating system.

But it looks like users of the long-term supported CentOS 6 Linux operating system series are also affected, and the CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2016:2105 informs them about an important kernel update. Yes, of course, we're talking about the "Dirty COW" bug patched recently by Linus Torvalds himself and pushed to all supported Linux kernel branches, and documented at read more)

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