Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

arstechnica.com

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Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

arstechnica.com

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Buffer overflow in bootloader shim allows attackers to run code each time devices boot up.

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@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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54•1 year ago
It’s not even a Linux vulnerability, it’s an issue with the UEFI shim.
- Kalkaline
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  9•1 year ago
  I guess I’ve still never heard of a major Linux vulnerability then.
  - @kn33@lemmy.world
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    6•1 year ago
    Then you haven’t been paying attention
  - 520
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    3•1 year ago
    How about DirtyCOW?

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