> If you haven't /.'d today, there's a news article purporting that
> FreeBSD can be exploited via kernel modules:
>
>
> http://thc.pimmel.com/
I did a quick read of that, I don't see how the system is being exploited
at all. All of their tricks need to be able to load a kernel module in
order for them to work. And you need to be root to load a kernel module
(unless I missed something). That's sort of like saying it is an exploit
for root to be able to edit the password file or 'su - userj'.
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