Debian hack a kernel exploit

Tue Dec 2 15:14:53 CST 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:49 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Debian hack a kernel exploit
> 
> 
> Recent troubles with the Debian distributions turn out to be 
> the result of a 
> kernel exploit, according to yesterday's article on Slashdot: 
> 
> http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/12/01/2133249.shtml?tid=106&tid=185&tid=90
>
> Meanwhile RedHat has come out with the patch that must have been the result of 
> this: 
> 
> https://rhn.redhat.com/network/errata/errata_details.pxt?eid=1888

Yes, according to an article I read yesterday. RedHat and SuSE kernel engineers
helped debian folks to diagnose this crack into their servers. Pretty cool that
there is that community spirit in Linux. Even though it is in the interest of the
Linux resellers to help out in cases like this.