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sima@chaos.social

🐧sima🐧

Edited 2 years ago

microsoft claiming that Administrator-to-kernel exploits aren't security issues ...

wtf. like wtaf

sure without secure boot or something you can yolo this, but that world is a decade in the past by now

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-exploited-windows-0-day-for-6-months-after-microsoft-knew-of-it/

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sima@chaos.social

🐧sima🐧

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root-to-kernel exploits are security bugs. sure sometimes we make the plug conditional on kernel lockdown, but they are security bugs

stuff like this actually pushes me towards the "all bugs are security bugs" crowd, even though I still think that's a bit over the top

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pavel

Pavel Machek

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@sima "root-to-kernel" "exploits" are not security bugs. People are putting that security barrier in place, but it is not really there, and trying to pretend this fiction actually results in real damage.
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airlied@fosstodon.org

Dave Airlie

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@never_released @sima if you are using selinux they certainly are security bugs

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