Stupidity . . . or not (and apologies)
Stupidity . . . or not (and apologies)
Posted May 8, 2026 0:07 UTC (Fri) by jpeisach (subscriber, #181966)In reply to: Stupidity . . . or not by himi
Parent article: Dirty Frag: a zero-day universal Linux LPE
> In other words, the publication of this information was done in consultation with, and at the request of, the kernel and distro security groups - not something that deserves to be called "stupidity". Particularly given there's a pretty simple mitigation (blacklisting and removing the vulnerable modules).
Yes, but now there is actual public discourse on this, so it can be exploited.
Also: stupidity wasn't appropriate, I should've just said that I strongly disagree with the approach.
