CISA has issued an urgent alert about a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2024-1086. This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I’m referring to the ageism implied in the statement, I don’t care about C vs Rust any more than I care about vi vs emacs or KDE vs Gnome.

    Old fuckers have experience, they have seen many next big things come and go, that’s why they seem slow to adopt new stuff. Of course this annoys new fuckers a lot, as they want to play with their new shiny toys now.

    Patience is a virtue, young grasshopper.