LengselJul 9, 2023

New Linux kernel vulnerability

https://latte.isnot.coffee/post/256982

New Linux kernel vulnerability - Coffee

A discovered vulnerability for privilage escalation https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/researchers-uncover-new-linux-kernel.html?m=1 [https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/researchers-uncover-new-linux-kernel.html?m=1] If system security is the most important criteria above everything else, switch to using BSD.

Show threadINeedMana
I think that’s already patched
Linux 6.1 To 6.5 Git Quietly Patched For "StackRot" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Jul 9, 2023 at 7:25amWeb
Show threadXpeeNJul 9, 2023
Why isn’t this top comment lol
Show thread🅵🅴🅳🅴🆁🅰🅻🅰🅻🅸🅴🅽🆂🅼🆄🅶🅶🅻🅴🆁Jul 9, 2023
What I’d like to know is, how can I find out when these kernel patches came or will come to something like Ubuntu or CentOS or SLES?
Show threadcorsicanguppyJul 9, 2023

Opencve.

Also, just hook up to yum and keep that test VM set updating daily.

EL has been so stable that I’ve had a good portion of the herd cron-yumming for about 20 years now. It’s gone about 2% to shit since systemd and networkmangler and other useless fridge art, but it’s still the easiest method to avoid 95% of problems.

You may not like the numbers, but 7 THOUSAND consecutive successful update runs is a decent enough track record for me. Make sure to needs-rebooting&&reboot on a decent schedule.