New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros
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.
36 1 ReplyAndroid doesn't use glibc, but Bionic, a C standard library developed by Google. So I don't think this vulnerability affects Android.
60 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 1 ReplyAnd Quic, and Pony express, and GFS...
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Think Android uses Bionic instead of glibc (where the vulnerability is being exploited).
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