Hal-5700X to [email protected]English • 4 months agoCrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticedwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1600arrow-down115cross-posted to: pcmasterracehackernewstechnology
arrow-up1585arrow-down1external-linkCrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticedwww.neowin.netHal-5700X to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: pcmasterracehackernewstechnology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agoYeah, it supports kernel modules, so is also vulnerable to bad third party kernel code.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months ago🤔if nobody makes a third party kernel module, then there is still no risk
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoAlso, even if they do, you can choose to not load it. It amused me that so many people had this installed, but had no idea what it was for.
Well, ever heard freeBSD?
Yeah, it supports kernel modules, so is also vulnerable to bad third party kernel code.
🤔if nobody makes a third party kernel module, then there is still no risk
Security through apathy!
Also, even if they do, you can choose to not load it.
It amused me that so many people had this installed, but had no idea what it was for.