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A heap overflow bug was recently discovered in the Linux kernel. The patch is available now in most major Linux distributions. . Most reported Linux "security" bugs actually aren't Linux bugs. For example, security vendor CrowdStrike 's report on the biggest Linux-based malware families was really about system administration security blunders with telnet, SSH, and Docker, not Linux at all. But, that doesn't mean Linux doesn't have security holes. For example, a new nasty Linux kernel problem has just popped up. In this one, there's a heap overflow bug in the legacy_parse_param in the Linux kernel's fs/fs_context.c program. This parameter is used in Linux filesystems during superblock creation for mount and superblock reconfiguration for a remount. The superblock records all of a filesystem's characteristics such as file size, block size, empty and filled storage blocks. So, yeah, it's important. . Developers have fixed a severe heap overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel, deploying patches across major distributions. Uncover more details about this update. Heap Overflow, Linux Kernel Bug, Patch Release. . Brittany Day
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