Understanding Recent Kernel Exploits And Their Impact On Linux Security

"The article is alarmist," said Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson, referring to a warning about a kernel bug. "It was ONE shared-hosting public-facing server at iWeb.com, among their tens of thousands of servers. "Are you running a publicly-facing shared-host server? No? Then don't worry about it, and when your distro comes out with a new kernel, just update."

There's no denying Linux is more secure than perpetually-patching Windows, but the past month or so has not provided an ideal demonstration.

In August, we saw the arrival of a long-overdue fix for a kernel bug that was six years old; now, in the last week or so, it's been not one but two root exploits causing a fuss.

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