If you run a mainstream distribution of Linux on a desktop computer, there’s a good chance security researcher Chris Evans can hijack it when you do nothing more than open or even browse a specially crafted music file. And in the event you’re running Chrome on the just-released Fedora 25, his code-execution attack works as a classic drive-by.
The zero-day exploits, which Evans published on Tuesday, are the latest to challenge the popular conceit that Linux, at least in its desktop form, is more immune to the types of attacks that have felled Windows computers for more than a decade and have increasingly snared Macs in recent years…
The only linux kernel related OS I use is my Android phone. The kernel I run on if is updated twice a month with patches and updates from the main Linux kernel so ain’t worried mimi
The beauty of linux and most GNU apps is the fact that this will be quickly patched unlike the proprietary Softwares where it will take ages to admit the exploit exist and another age to release the fix which on top of it will come with an associated cost.
