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New Linux Kernel Vulnerability

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-just-not-pleasant dept.

Stop Or I'll Noop writes "Paul Starzetz writes, "A critical security vulnerability has been found in the Linux kernel memory management code inside the mremap(2) system call due to missing function return value check. This bug is completely unrelated to the mremap bug disclosed on 05-01-2003 except concerning the same internal kernel function code." Full scoop here." Update: 03/07 20:53 GMT by T : This vulnerability (and fixes) were mentioned briefly in an update to this earlier posting.

3 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Which kernels are effected by addaon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Way to totally miss the point of a rather humorous post.

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  2. Re:Many eyes, but wide open or tight shut ? by k_head · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "just as" implies some sort of equavalence. That's simply no the case. linux is more secure period. It's not 100% secure but it's more secure then windows.

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  3. Re:Date format by Zaiff+Urgulbunger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Agree with this myself. I use yyyy-mm-dd for internal use (they sort better) and dd-mmm-yyyy for public use.

    Quick quesiton though - why do Americans find it _so_ difficult to understand something different? I mean, a date such as 2004-03-07 may be unusual, but I would've thought after a second anyone would figure it out... no?