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Critical Security Hole in Linux Wi-Fi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nobody's-perfect dept.

thisispurefud writes "A flaw has been found in a major Linux Wi-Fi driver that can allow an attacker to run malicious code and take control of a laptop, even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network."

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  1. Re:In other news.. by jeevesbond · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    People want features and features are the enemy of security.

    But isn't an OS without features a brick? I can understand not using the features we don't need, but wireless is sought after and really useful. Moaning about people using it is not going to help, following that argument to its logical conclusion would have us all back working with pen and paper. That's not an idea I relish since my typing is far better than my handwriting. :)

    BSD has been whiling with little to no market-share despite the fact it's free.

    Does this exploit affect BSD too? I was under the impression that the lack of FreeBSD success was due to it's project lead being a total git. Also OSX is based on BSD but still suffers plenty of security problems.

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  2. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w$indows, SUN or

  3. Whew! by cciRRus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Good thing I'm using Windows.

    Oh wait... nevermind.

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  4. Surely SCO is behind this! by hildi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think we all know where this kind of FUD comes from. There is a vast closed-source conspiracy to denigrate and destroy the Linux movement. These kind of attacks are irresponsible at a time when our nation is in peril. Why don't you ever hear anything in the media about what linux does right? Only a few websites that 'get it' are brave enough to tell the truth ... like slashdot. We sit here, cowered, assailed on all sides by our enemies, but fortunately we are an oasis of sanity in this crazy, mixed up world.

    All I can say is God bless us, the true chosen ones, who bravely devote ourselves to the protection of our one true operating system... and the fundamental freedoms it stands for and that we hold so dear.