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Linux 2.4.24 Release Fixes Root Vulnerability

Posted by simoniker on from the version-plus-plus dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux Kernel 2.4.24 has been released and is available on kernel.org. It seems there's a bug in the mremap(2) system call, where a local user can get root privileges.The new version has been released only with the most important bugs fixed - the rest of the changes have been postponed (those changes include the XFS filesystem)."

6 of 436 comments (clear)

  1. 2.4.x? by devphaeton · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought that everyone jumped to the 2.6.0 by now?

    Oh wait, it's been 2 weeks already,
    TIME FOR A RECOMPILE!!

    --


    do() || do_not(); // try();
  2. Quick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use Depenguinator on all the unpatched boxen! Let the revolution begin! >:)

  3. Re:Article title misleading... by gazbo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sir,

    You are dangerously close to making me believe that a slashdot editor both reads the site and actually takes action based on it. This is distorting my worldview, and most halt.

    plfxthx.

  4. XFS Filesystem by Dibblah · · Score: 5, Funny

    AAAAAARGH!

    It's XFS. NOT XFS Filesystem. I'm gonna do something illegal to the next person that says ATM machine, too.

    1. Re:XFS Filesystem by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Funny
      I'm gonna do something illegal to the next person that says ATM machine, too.

      Isn't that the thing where you type in your PIN number?

  5. Re:Article title misleading... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it ain't broke...

    ...it is now.