So I didn’t think the flaw found by Perception Point (CVE-2016-0728) was in the direct User Path but it is definitely a security flaw that needs to be fixed. I give credit to ZDnet for creating this article on how to fix the problem.
How to fix the latest Linux and Android zero day flaw
Summary:
Debian/Mint/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
$ sudo reboot
Fedora/CentOS/RHEL (When released)
$ sudo yum update $ reboot
openSUSE or SLES
as the root user:
# zypper patch # reboot