I also just verified it worked on my Arch install. But running the mitigation command and rebooting effectively blocked it, and I’m on the Arch LTS kernel. I think the disabled modules are related to IPSec, which most desktop users don’t really need.
Its a kernel exploit, so probably. But I just checked my arch installs,and I don’t have any of the kernel modules loaded. Loading requires root anyway, so I think this may be fairly limited in reality?
Edit: seems the modules get loaded automatically :(
Well shit. I wonder if all Linux systems are affected, the testing in the repo doesn’t cover Arch for instance. For now I’d assume the answer is yes.
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Have you tried updating your system with a less cheerful command? Like
damn -SyuI also just verified it worked on my Arch install. But running the mitigation command and rebooting effectively blocked it, and I’m on the Arch LTS kernel. I think the disabled modules are related to IPSec, which most desktop users don’t really need.
Did you have the modules loaded before running the exploit?
I did. No idea how or why, though.
Its a kernel exploit, so probably. But I just checked my arch installs,and I don’t have any of the kernel modules loaded.
Loading requires root anyway, so I think this may be fairly limited in reality?Edit: seems the modules get loaded automatically :(
don’t see 'em loaded here, either. trixie (dietpi) server, aurora (f44) desktop
They’ll get loaded, even without root