[ILUG] kernel security hole
murf
murf at syndicate7.net
Thu Feb 14 15:21:20 GMT 2008
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Thursday 14 February 2008 02:21:25 pm Rob Gallagher wrote:
>
>> ClaraNet have already been compromised by this:
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/14/claranet_linux_security_hole/
>
> Does one have to be running VM to be susceptible to this?
>
No, but the effects can be worse as the exploit can crash the hypervisor,
killing all the VMs on a machine. Apparently.
Murf.
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