Patch now: Linux file system security hole, dubbed Sequoia, can take over systems

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

| July 21, 2021 — 20:00 GMT (21:00 BST)

| Topic: Security

Some days, it doesn’t rain, it pours. That’s the case with Linux today. Not one, but two serious security holes have recently been exposed. First, there was a systemd bug which could easily knock out systems. Now there’s this security hole in the Linux kernel’s file system, which any user could use to take over a computer. Like I said, some days it just pours.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

| July 21, 2021 — 20:00 GMT (21:00 BST)

| Topic: Security