There’s no actual vuln here is there? It’s just a persistent backdoor that hides with some elf and kernel tricks.
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danielfgom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
On the upside they are helping secure Linux because now the the appropriate action can be taken to prevent this in future.
I’m sure a security patch has already been released. The Linux community normally addresses these things very quickly.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You can literally say this about any and all security breaches, so long as the victims resolve, and fix the breach.
danielfgom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure. I’m not excusing it, just saying now they we know about it, at least it can get patched. Nothing worse than having a security hole going unpatched for years.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’m all for looking on the bright side but this is a bit much lol
Linux users online tend to get very high and mighty every time another OS has a sucurity bug. But it’s a good thing for Linux hehe
ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s because illuminating security vulnerabilities is VERY GENERALLY a good thing for an open source community driven software that can be more agile than closed and private code bases that are GENERALLY entrenched in a corporate structure slowed by all of the inertia inherent in those systems.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Don’t like all Linux patches have to be emailed directly to chappy for him to personally check?