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FreeBSD Kernel Leak

Posted by Hemos on from the batten-the-hatches dept.

Pine Digital Security announced a FreeBSD kernel leak, found when auditing a customer. The leak can be exploited to panic the server or elevate privileges. FreeBSD swiftly updated CVS, a security advisory will probably follow. Both the -RELEASE branch and -CURRENT branch are vulnerable.

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  1. Key Phrase by Alethes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "FreeBSD swiftly updated CVS"

    I love open-source.

  2. Re:Slashdot hype linkdumping at your service by CoolVibe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Read the advisory. The bug was fixed first, and then the advisory was released. Also, this security related issue isn't easy to exploit. Calling that syscall 2^31 times certainly takes a while :)

  3. thanks, and please ignore the jerks by phippy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    i appreciate postings like this, but as usual, any good discussion about the problem is zero on slashdot.

    every time there is a mention of linux or xBSD or whatever OS having a problem, people who don't use it come out of the woodwork to say "LOOK! It sucks! It's broken! HaHaHa! We Win!".

    how old are you people ? (mentally?)
    no wonder why other tech-based sites have no respect for slashdot discussions.

  4. What's the point? by Arandir · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why was this even posted? First Slashdot posts erroneous stories. Then they start making up stories. Now they post the most trivial of stories.

    "Ho hum. Another slow news day. Let's roll some dice and post a minor random security advisory from some random project and pretend it's news."

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