New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros
New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros
www.bleepingcomputer.com /news/security/new-looney-tunables-linux-bug-gives-root-on-major-distros/
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I wonder if this could be used to root previously unrootable Android based devices.
35 0 ReplyAndroid doesn't use glibc, but Bionic, a C standard library developed by Google. So I don't think this vulnerability affects Android.
56 0 ReplyWhat the heck. I thought, they were using musl.
Certainly seems like this has rather similar goals to musl...9 0 ReplyThat's no reason for Google not to reinvent the wheel....
They did the same with dalvik and ART now. JVMs, but more googlier!
18 0 ReplyAnd Quic, and Pony express, and GFS...
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