zo0 comments on The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

[–] zo0@programming.dev 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

They released the vulnerability without disclosing it to the vendors first? Am I understanding this right?

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, they disclosed it to the Linux kernel security team, a patch was committed to mainline, then this was disclosed publicly. https://copy.fail/#timeline

They don’t have to coordinate disclosure with every distribution vendor, but droppings public PoC exploit script 28 days after the patch was committed to mainline kind of seems like a dick move to me.

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[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

It technically follows the industry standard rules (and companies who have been exploited have 30 days to disclose breaches in the U.S. so there's probably similar "best practice" stuff with these kinds of disclosures)

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

It's technically still a dick move unless it's seen in the wild and distros are dragging their heels.

Sometimes it's best to use logic instead of best practices.

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