Just marking this bug as "Fix Released" as it looks like the security team has provided a security update for this:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-614-1 Thanks. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- [CVE-2008-1375] Race condition in dnotify.c leads to local DoS and possible privelege escalation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs