• Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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        2 minutes ago

        Both allow access to secure systems both were introduced years ago. I don’t know the Linux developer so I have no access to as to what was influencing so it can be just a bug, however it the type of bug that a lot of people would like to introduce into the kernel. Given that, they look very similar to me.

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      60 minutes ago

      Why are you lying? One is a privilege exploit that has been patched. It lets someone who can already run software on your machine do more. This is a backdoor that could allow hostile governments or thieves to steal your files from any machine in their possession. Things what would always have been secure on any Linux machine from the last 20 years.

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        22 minutes ago

        Lying? Copy Fail is big news and was introduced into the kernel years ago. Sounds very similar in the way it was introduced and the ease of exploitation if you have access to a machine.