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Kernel Bug Lay Undiscovered for Eight Years

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 5 comments
Linux Pro Magazine; By Joerg Luther 		Mail this story
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A Linux kernel bug in network socket initialization could allow an attacker to acquire root privileges to inflict damages. The security hole applies to all kernels of the 2.4 and 2.5 series and has been around possibly since 2001.

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Comments (5)

tuxchick ·
Eight years of not patching this bug! Ha! Take that, dumb Linux hippies, here is proof that Windows security is better!

signed, NotAShill NoReally
moopst ·
As long as the bug went undiscovered by the bad guys I'm OK with it. Oh, if it had been exploited by the bad guys it would have been found and fixed by the good guys pretty soon after the exploits emerged.
caitlyn ·
@moopst: You're making sense. Fearmongers don't use common sense. FUD is based on spreading fear regardless of the truth so I am very sure that the FUDsters and astroturfers will exploit this to the max. Some already are...
jdixon ·
> Some already are...

Yeah. I love how Windows fanbois are always comparing the user exploits occasionally found on Linux to the remote exploits routinely found on Windows. But I guess expecting them to understand the difference is just asking too much.
gus3 ·
Three syllables:

ActiveX.

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