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| From | William Poaster <wp@dev.null> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. |
| Date | 2016-10-21 23:05 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <p1gqdd-lj1.ln1@debian.machineone.org> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <nuddct$iu4$1@dont-email.me> <20161021224508.2e6fc1aa@maxa-pc.cpe.bvcom.net> <e6vddsFhoejU1@mid.individual.net> <nue0cn$pub$1@dont-email.me> <g-ydnVxW0_vNGpfFnZ2dnUU7-LWdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 21/10/2016 22:23 in comp.os.linux.advocacy, Marek Novotny posted: > On 2016-10-21, Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote: >> Jim Polaski wrote: >> >>> On 2016-10-21, Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:49:06 +0200 >>>> Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jim Polaski wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/most-serious-linux-privilege-escalation-bug-ever-is-under-active-exploit/#p3 >>>>> > >>>>> > "Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users >>>>> > unfettered root access." >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is a bad one. But only for server machines, not desktop >>>> >>>> It is 90% of work on Unix to overtake machine is to gain shell access... >>>> It was 15 years ago, I guess it is now true as well... >>> >>> Point is it took the many eyes 9 years to discover this exploit. >>> Not a good advertisement for the many eyes theory. >> >> It *was* discovered 9 years ago. Linux Torvalds himself patched it, but he >> did not do a good job according to himself. His patch was later removed and >> reverted to the original state > > I have to wonder if Jim made this much stink over the 5 zero days > Microsoft had to patch a week ago... > > https://threatpost.com/microsoft-patches-five-zero-days-under-attack/121211/ I doubt that he did. -- What IS remarkable, is that a well developed ape has come to realise that he lives on a planet, circling a sun, in a planetary system, within a galaxy, within a universe. - Professor Michio Kaku - Theoretical Physicist -
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9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 14:25 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-21 17:49 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-21 22:45 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 20:51 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-21 22:59 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 21:11 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-21 23:14 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 21:20 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 11:38 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-21 23:13 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 21:17 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 11:35 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-21 17:23 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 21:52 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 11:33 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-22 08:19 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-22 08:33 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-22 09:23 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 15:48 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-22 10:02 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 16:07 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-10-22 16:46 +0100
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-23 09:04 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-22 14:34 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-10-22 12:45 -0700
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-10-22 12:10 -0700
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-10-21 23:05 +0100
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-21 18:09 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-10-22 04:35 -0700
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-21 11:50 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 15:56 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-21 12:46 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 20:16 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-21 18:30 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 22:54 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 16:10 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 09:34 -0700
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-21 22:43 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 20:45 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-21 22:47 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-21 20:52 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-21 19:31 -0600
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-22 01:46 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 11:30 +0200
A Flounder is as Flounder does Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-22 08:12 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-22 13:49 -0600
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-21 19:31 -0600
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-22 01:44 +0000
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-22 04:29 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-22 11:30 +0200
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-22 13:50 -0600
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-22 08:11 -0400
Re: 9 Year Old Linux Kernel Exploit Discovered. This is a bad one. Godzilla <godzilla@lizardboss.invalid> - 2016-10-22 12:24 +0000
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