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A nasty local kernel vulnerabilityA nasty local kernel vulnerabilityPosted Feb 27, 2013 1:34 UTC (Wed) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)In reply to: A nasty local kernel vulnerability by khim Parent article: A nasty local kernel vulnerability
> Sure, but how much harm does it make?
67 billion a year in the US only, according to the FBI in 2006.
You are correct in stating that you don't have to have perfect security. But it's like the bear/shotgun joke goes: you don't have to outrun the bear, you have to shoot your mate in the knee so you can outrun *him*. When PaX && Brad "cry wolf", they are actually showing you that your mate can outrun you, so you're bear snack!
Bonus: mixing two animal-world metaphors... :-D
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A nasty local kernel vulnerability Posted Feb 27, 2013 10:21 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] When PaX && Brad "cry wolf", they are actually showing you that your mate can outrun you, so you're bear snack! Nope. They "actually showing" that your boots have scuffs — but then refuse to say if your boots are lightly affected or are ready to fall apart at the seams. You can stop to try to mend them (which places you closer to the bear but gives you hope that you'll be able to run faster in the future) or you can ignore them and hope boots will hold till the next town. 67 billion a year in the US only, according to the FBI in 2006. Which is less then 1% of GDP and in the same ballpack as $83 billion from patent trolls. IOW: yes, it's a problem, but it's not the problem and it's certainly not something you need to spend all your resources on.
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