How to fix the Dirty COW vulnerability on Raspberry Pi

Dirty COW is a privilege escalation vulnerability found in the Linux kernel. Although it’s been there for nine years, it’s only recently been identified.

The vulnerability, which affects the 'copy-on-write' (COW) mechanism, can be found in most Linux distros, and since the Raspberry Pi runs Linux, it too is at risk.

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Fortunately, the bug has been patched, and you can get it now.

If you’re running Raspbian Jessie, open up a terminal window and type:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-kernel

As soon as the install is complete, reboot your Raspberry Pi and you’ll no longer be at risk.