Security group warns of Linux core flaw
PC World | at | by Mike
Computer security researchers are again warning about a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could be used by malicious hackers to take control of systems using the popular open source operating system.
ISEC Security Research said Monday that it found a critical vulnerability in code that is used to manage virtual memory on Linux systems. The vulnerability affects versions of the Linux kernel up to and including version 2.6 and would give low-level Linux users total control over a Linux system.
ISEC, a noncommercial security research group based in Poland, discovered the problem in kernel code for a component called "mremap," according to a message posted by Paul Starzetz, an ISEC member.