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Submitted by ospol on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:36

Linux Kernel Vulnerability

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Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:36
ospol
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Does this bug effect Trisquel? https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/linux-kernel-exploit.html?m=1

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Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:56
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That just affects standard nonfree Linux kernels, but Trisquel uses Linux-libre that doesn't have any nonfree leaks. Thanks to Parabola and jxself. :)

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Fri, 09/28/2018 - 16:26
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Pardon my interjection as I do not by any measure intend to be rude but have you actually read the article?

the kernel vulnerability (CVE-2018-17182) is a cache invalidation bug in the Linux memory management subsystem that leads to use-after-free vulnerability, which if exploited, could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on the targeted system.

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

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Sat, 09/29/2018 - 01:08
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Thanks

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Fri, 10/05/2018 - 19:46
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actually i belive debian uses their version of the linux libre kernal but i dont think there is cause for alarm at all it will get fixed sooner or later and will reach trisquel eventually

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