Comments on: Chedder Bay Kernel Exploit http://www.nzlinux.com/2009/07/chedder-bay-kernel-exploit/ New Zealand Linux Users Community Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Liz Quilty http://www.nzlinux.com/2009/07/chedder-bay-kernel-exploit/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Liz Quilty Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:46:34 +0000 http://www.nzlinux.com/?p=250#comment-16 Thanks for the clarification :) Thanks for the clarification :)

]]> By: spender http://www.nzlinux.com/2009/07/chedder-bay-kernel-exploit/comment-page-1/#comment-15 spender Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:20:44 +0000 http://www.nzlinux.com/?p=250#comment-15 pulseaudio is not required to exploit the kernel when SELinux is enabled. In other words, as mentioned in the exploit, having SELinux enabled has actually opened you up to an entire class of kernel vulnerabilities that the vanilla kernel would have protected you against. -Brad pulseaudio is not required to exploit the kernel when SELinux is enabled. In other words, as mentioned in the exploit, having SELinux enabled has actually opened you up to an entire class of kernel vulnerabilities that the vanilla kernel would have protected you against.

-Brad

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