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The exploit allow local users to gain root access using a “proof of concept” exploit. The exploit worked on my machine (Kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r2).
The bug report:

• Launchpad Bug #190587
• Gentoo Bug #209460

And here’s a working patch:

--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ static int get_iovec_page_array(const struct iovec __user *iov,
                if (unlikely(!len))
                        break;
                error = -EFAULT;
-                if (unlikely(!base))
+               if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, base, len))
                        break;
 
                /*

Links
Sprout: The Online WYSIWYG Editor for Flash
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

Images
I hope those pillars are strong
PICTURES: Australia’s Monster Motorbike
Firefox crash
It’s cold
Making the city work together LOL

Videos
Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel
Personal helicopter
Frozen Grand Central

Geeky (click at your own risk!)
Richard Stallman does not use a web browser. At all.
Richard Stallman is the new Chuck Norris
GRUB/Chainloaded CD-ROM

Tired of browsing you favorite manga download site to get your daily doze?

Here’s a shell-script to help you automatize the process:

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#!/bin/bash
if (( $# < 1 )); then
  echo "usage: ${0} NUM [NUM]..."
  exit 1
fi
 
manga="${PWD##*/}"
 
for ep in "$@"; do
  URL="http://stoptazmo.com/downloads/get_file.php?file_category=${manga}&amp;mirror=1&amp;file_name=${manga}_${ep}.zip"
  wget -c -U Links "${URL}"
done

To use it, create a directory named with the exact name from the web site:

$ mkdir slamdunk
$ cd slamdunk
$ getmanga.sh 150 151

Links
As a Firefox user I feel somewhat offended by panasonic’s favicon (not anymore ^_^)
Are we at war with Iran?
Last.fm frees the music
Click if your computer screen is dirty.

Images
Green roof art school in Singapore
aXXo’s Pirated Movies Used to Promote the iMac
Suitcase PC - The Anit-MacBook Air
Pen-Top Utensils
Do’s and don’ts with babies
A380 cockpit

Videos
Nessie Attacks Tokyo Harbor
Hilarious Skittles Commercial
World Record Longest Slam Dunk

Geeky (click at your own risk!)
KDE goes cross-platform with Windows, Mac OS X support
GTK Hello World in Six Different Languages
Elisa 0.3.3 turns Linux into a movie theater
Linux 2.6.24 released

Links
The Arab emirate of Dubai will build a replica of Lyons [palnet.debian.org]
Visualizing Regular Expressions [reddit.com]
Sun acquires MySQL [reddit.com]
Turn Your $60 Router into a User-Friendly Super-Router with Tomato [digg.com]
everyone’s first vi session [reddit.com]

Images
No \o/ [reddit.com]
Compiler Complaint [xkcd.com]
Deadlock, traffic version [reddit.com]
The Ring Pistol [reddit.com]

Videos
Nuclear explosion in hijacked czech tv breakfast show [reddit.com]
rabbit envelope opener [youtube.com]

Right after the publication of this XKCD comic, a lot of bloggers, including us, started posting about the deaths with less or no google results mentioned in the comic.

So how are things a week after that? the web accuracy is messed up.

Google has a built-in currency converter that let’s you, for example, convert from Euros to Moroccan Dirhams:

Or from Moroccan Dirhams to US Dollars:

It works even if you don’t know a country’s currency:

[Credits: Lifehacker]

Links:

• Gimp trick: make your subject pop out of a photo
• Using ASCII Art on Google Adwords
• Vian: vi clone written completely in Javascript
• Dozens injured as boy wreaks havoc by playing trains with city’s trams
• ASCII dancing cat

Images:

• MSN horror
• Hello Kitty AR-15 - evil black rifle meets cute and cuddly

Videos:

• Eavesdropping on Bluetooth headsets
• Bikes against Bush
• Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
• Remote controlled humans

If you ended up here after reading this xkcd comic, please leave us a comment (^_^).

The idea comes from this xkcd comic.