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CISA Warns of Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks to Deploy Ransomware (cybersecuritynews.com)
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This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

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[-] turdas@suppo.fi 92 points 2 months ago

This only affects positively ancient kernels:

From (including) 3.15 Up to (excluding) 5.15.149 From (including) 6.1 Up to (excluding) 6.1.76 From (including) 6.2 Up to (excluding) 6.6.15 From (including) 6.7 Up to (excluding) 6.7.3

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

fuck my phone running android is vulnerable

[-] unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 16 points 2 months ago

If I’m not mistaken, RHEL9 and equivalents are on 5.15. That’s a pretty big blast radius.

[-] turdas@suppo.fi 8 points 2 months ago

They will probably have a version newer than 5.15.149.

[-] unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

AliasAKA is correct, it’s actually 5.14, not 5.15 like I thought.

[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

RHEL is on 5.15 in spirit only. They backport tons of patches to the point that 5.15 modules don't build against it

[-] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think RHEL9 uses 5.14 as base

[-] unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

You’re right, it’s 5.14 not 5.15 like I thought. I’m spending most of my time im Debian these days though, so I’m glad I wasn’t too far off.

[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Debian Bookworm (Debian 12/oldstable) would be affected then, I think?

[-] turdas@suppo.fi 9 points 2 months ago

It looks to be on 6.1.153 currently which is much newer than 6.1.76.

[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Sweet, cheers for checking - I just remembered it being on 6.1.?

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

How would I know what kernal I have?

[-] turdas@suppo.fi 16 points 2 months ago

With the uname -a command

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