Zero-Day Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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grimlok
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How does this effect us with Linux-Libre?

source:
https://thehackernews.com/2016/01/linux-kernel-hacker.html

jxself
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As with with normal Linux: It'll be fixed and included in updates as per normal. Nothing new to see here. Time to move on...

onpon4
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From the sound of it, this is only an attack vector for trojan horses: it means that a trojan horse's damage is not limited to your home directory if it exploits this vulnerability. So in practice, it probably will not have much of an effect for most users, if anybody.

alimiracle
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It requires local access so I'm not too bothered by it

grimlok
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Joined: 04/16/2013

How does this effect us with Linux-Libre?

source:
https://thehackernews.com/2016/01/linux-kernel-hacker.html

onpon4
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Joined: 05/30/2012

From the sound of it, this is only an attack vector for trojan horses: it
means that a trojan horse's damage is not limited to your home directory if
it exploits this vulnerability. So in practice, it probably will not have
much of an effect for most users, if anybody.

alimiracle
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Joined: 01/18/2014

It requires local access so I'm not too bothered by it

jxself
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Joined: 09/13/2010

As with with normal Linux: It'll be fixed and included in updates as per
normal. Nothing new to see here. Time to move on...