____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 08 May 2008 16:40 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ezekiel
> <a@xxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 8 May 2008 10:13:16 -0400
> <dbdbb$48230a7c$27358@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1451
>>
>> A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be
>> exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused
>> by a race condition in the "fcntl_setlk()" function when handling locks on
>> SMP systems, which could allow a process that belongs to a local
>> unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table.
>>
>>
>
> Well, there you have it, Linux is totally worthless,
> move along now back to Windows Vista, nothing to see
> here...move along...
>
> Oops, forgot the gold watch on the chain. You will move
> back to Windows Vista....after I snap my fingers...
Scott Douglas (pseudonym 'Ezekiel') proves Microsoft's nervousness. Not much to
rave about, so they attack the #1 rival, according to Ballmer (Scott's boss).
All those trolls belong in the Windows advocacy groups, not just in the
killfile. They still take up some bandwidth and CPU cycles.
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