I can confirm this in Gutsy:
$ gcc exploit.c -o exploit
$ whoami
heikki
$ ./exploit
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Linux vmsplice Local Root Exploit
By qaaz
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[+] mmap: 0x0 .. 0x1000
[+] page: 0x0
[+] page: 0x20
[+] mmap: 0x4000 .. 0x5000
[+] page: 0x4000
[+] page: 0x4020
[+] mmap: 0x1000 .. 0x2000
[+] page: 0x1000
[+] mmap: 0xb7d90000 .. 0xb7dc2000
[+] root
$ whoami
root
Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New => Confirmed
** Bug watch added: Gentoo Bugzilla #209460
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209460
** Also affects: gentoo via
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209460
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Local root exploit in kernel 2.6.17 - 2.6.24
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190587
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