Root Exploit For NVIDIA Closed-Source Linux Driver 548
possible writes, "KernelTrap is reporting that the security research firm Rapid7 has published a working root exploit for a buffer overflow in NVIDIA's binary blob graphics driver for Linux. The NVIDIA drivers for FreeBSD and Solaris are also likely vulnerable. This will no doubt fuel the debate about whether binary blob drivers should be allowed in Linux." Rapid7's suggested action to mitigate this vulnerability: "Disable the binary blob driver and use the open-source 'nv' driver that is included by default with X."
Re:useless suggestion (Score:5, Funny)
Linux root Exploit (Score:0, Funny)
Re:To Theo de Raadt (Score:1, Funny)
Re:useless suggestion (Score:3, Funny)
This is an obvious fraud (Score:4, Funny)
Re:better suggestion (Score:5, Funny)
Well duh! Our only course of action is to bitch about it on
Of course this now gives me some ammo against the Linux+nVidia fans I personally know. As Nelson Muntz would say: "Ha ha".
neighbors watch out (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, I see, first I have to break into his house
Re:This is a relatively minor problem (Score:2, Funny)
(Too bad they don't make boards for the AMD processors
nVidia Programmers (Score:4, Funny)
The root of this problem is 'C'. The nVidia programmers have way too much power. Buffer overruns, string comparisons, memory access, pointer arithmetic. These features need to be banned from modern computing.
Just last week over prune juice, I was telling Linus, Theo, and Dave Cutler why they should only allow C#/Java/Python based video drivers in their kernels.
Enjoy,
Re:useless suggestion (Score:1, Funny)