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Serious Vulnerability that Could Crash or Compromise Linux OSes Found and Fixed

A potentially dangerous vulnerability was discovered in the Linux Kernel, affecting Realtek Wi-Fi chips that could have been used to crash or compromise any systems running Linux. A buffer overflow could be triggered by in any machines using a Realtek chip and any Linux kernel, which would, at the very least, crash the OS. A patch is required to fix it, and it will be available soon, and a patch will be made available on all branches in coming days. Theres a little bit of silver lining, as the vulnerability was found by a security researcher and not a hacker.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/serious-vulnerability-that-could-crash-or-compromise-linux-oses-found-and-fixed/

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