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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. 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 :)

  2. 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.