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The exploit will leak more or less random data (data which was accessed recently by the CPU). You cannot target a specific part of the memory, but you can keep fetching data until you get something interesting.



so if I wanted to test if it leaks my root password, I should run the code and open a terminal and say, upgrade packages, or upgrade packages before running the exploit code?


Your root password is stored as a hash. It could leak when you type it in sudo for instance.




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