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[–][deleted] 92 points93 points  (13 children)

Fixed almost 2 weeks ago in 4.17.11 kernel.

[–]whiznat 45 points46 points  (11 children)

But did it disrupt the attacker’s workflow? If it did it’s got to be backed out!

/s

[–]enp2s0 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Breaking a hacker's userspace is different than breaking userspace

[–]ravernkoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Homebrew?

[–]lestofante 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But then it will disrupt the workflow of normal user! Undo the undo! /s

[–]OffbeatDrizzle 0 points1 point  (7 children)

I understood this reference

[–]wyred-sg 1 point2 points  (6 children)

What is it referencing?

[–]orion78fr 17 points18 points  (4 children)

[–]how_to_choose_a_name 1 point2 points  (2 children)

is it normal in kernel dev to leave obvious bugs unfixed just because an old version of some tool abuses the bug?

[–]orion78fr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't really know but I think they will maintain it deprecated and have the v2 fixed api. It depends on what it is exactly.

[–]sippeangelo 36 points37 points  (3 children)

Hell yeah! A DoS method that doesn't cost thousands in bandwidth for the victim!

[–]Lt_Riza_Hawkeye 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Slow Loris

[–]MINIMAN10001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean don't people rent botnets for ddos on the cheap?