[Tfug] Linux bug discovered

Michael Stenner mstenner at ece.arizona.edu
Tue Jun 15 19:08:50 MST 2004


On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 07:02:57PM -0700, John Kiniston wrote:
> Yay another i386 platform exploit.
> 
> Can anyone recall the last time one of these kernel based exploits 
> affected arm, sparc , sparc64, mips or ppc ?

Well, I've always thought that part of the reason linux got hit less
than windows (PART, mind you) was because it was simply less common.
It's getting hit more and more now as it becomes more popular.  I
think one could make the same argument here.

					-Michael
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