(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It turns out there's a huge bug as reported You must login or register to view this content. that allows local privilege escalation in kernels >=2.6.39, with this particular bug all that needs to be done is to compile and run, or simply run a pre-compiled binary of You must login or register to view this content..

This particular exploit is CVE-2012-0056. If you're running on a kernel that is >=2.6.39 I suggest upgrading as soon as it's fixed/patched for your distro, or simply download the kernel source code and compile it yourself.

To see if you're vulnerable download You must login or register to view this content. and save it to test.c then compile it and run it, if you're vulnerable it will simply print 'vulnerable'.