News CVE-2024-53104 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

[DJones]

Critical Linux 0-Day Attack Warning: U.S. Government Says Act Now

As critical Linux attacks are confirmed, the Department of Homeland Security warns users to update now.

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NVD - CVE-2024-53104

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~ Redhat

Overall the risk in my opinion is low for everyday users, and would require a physical or virtual usb device with infected vulnerable code to execute on a Linux machine. Likely this code would have to come from a already vulnerable device. Not a security researcher so this is just from what I’ve read.

 

[bbunge]

Once again Forbes writes an article that the sky is falling. As I see it, Linux kernel 2.5.26 is affected and the warning was to US Government Agencies.

 

[dave14305]

It’s like getting investment advice from Hacker News…

 

[DJones]

Once again Forbes writes an article that the sky is falling. As I see it, Linux kernel 2.5.26 is affected and the warning was to US Government Agencies.

Yep. News articles sensationalize everything, this isn’t surprising to me what so ever. It’s a valid 0-day, but it’s not a concern for 99.9% of home users even android. For sysadmins in government or datacenters this could be a concern, but the physical nature of the penetration would mean it’s a targeted attack and you probably have bigger concerns at hand.