sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoDevastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo brokenwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down17cross-posted to: linux@szmer.info
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkDevastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo brokenwww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square34linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@szmer.info
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoPeople don’t realize how easy it is to get local access. There’s a very good reason you should not run your browser as root.
People don’t realize how easy it is to get local access.
There’s a very good reason you should not run your browser as root.