Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New Linux Kernel Crash-Exploit discovered

Posted by Hemos on from the must-fix-quickly dept.

Ant writes " According to linuxreviews article's on 6/11/2004, there is a nasty bug that lets a simple C program crash the kernel (2.4.18-2.6.x reported so far), effectively locking the whole system. Affects both 2.4.2x and 2.6.x kernels on the x86 architecture. This exploit can be compiled and run without a root access and with a shell access. There are detailed information and source code mentioned. " You need to have shell access to run this program; it's also worth noting that not *all* flavors are vulnerable. Please read article for the full details.

3 of 691 comments (clear)

  1. This reminds me of a windows bug, by AC-x · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can you still outright crash NT by sending too many backspaces to the console?

  2. Similar windows problem by Bazman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does this CSRSS Bug still take down Windows XP boxes?

    Baz

  3. Hey moderators.... by gosand · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That whooshing sound is the joke going over your head.

    --

    My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.