Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operating systems

Re:Blueborne – A new attack vector endangering major operati... by language on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:30PM (#15234005)

I think DirtyCOW (CVE-2016-5195) had been dormant in the kernel for a long time. If I remember correctly the PoC demonstrated writing on root-owned files. Might be relevant.