Article note: Shown exploit isn't root (or even arbitrary code execution), but they did cobble a little drawing-a-user-controlled-graphic PoC by doing ROP in the userspace... less than 5 hours after release.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.