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Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

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Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

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Buffer overflow in bootloader shim allows attackers to run code each time devices boot up.

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Just uninstall it and install Windows instead.
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  I for one appreciate the switcheroo, and can only imagine “being butthurt” as the reason you got downvoted.

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