It is, indeed, bleeding edge, but the SecurityFocus article makes clear that this is a bug that goes back to even Linux 2.0 kernels. So you're vulnerable, period, at least until your upstream vendor publishes an updated kernel that corrects this race condition.
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:33 AM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this bleeding edge or am I missing something? > > <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-kernel-prior-to-508-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution/?fbclid=IwAR23w_HjGBwSuKg19c24RhlePE_envkBZ71cpl8Xt-FCM3n5kfq9hmWMIUk> > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/5ae0666c-e09a-5d14-b5ae-c5ee3c75ff19%40vcch.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcVwpDZBkUxzGcSLAOUKUzmuA2sYY4sRpfn26_hfNxcubA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
