About this episode

The episode discusses a six-instruction timing glitch in the Linux kernel that can lead to full root control, focusing on the Bad EPoll vulnerability from a CISSP perspective.

Send us Fan Mail A six-instruction timing glitch in the Linux kernel can be the difference between “low-priv user” and full root control, and that is why we dig into the Bad EPoll vulnerability from a CISSP-ready, manager-first angle. We start by grounding what the Linux kernel EPoll subsystem does, why it is foundational to high-performance I/O, and why “just disable it” is not a real option when you’re dealing with production Linux servers, desktops, cloud workloads, and Android devices. T...

People in this episode

Host: Shon Gerber

Topics covered

• Linux kernel
• EPoll subsystem
• Bad EPoll vulnerability
• root access
• high-performance I/O
• cybersecurity

Keywords

• Linux kernel
• EPoll
• vulnerability
• root access
• cybersecurity
• high-performance I/O
• production servers
• cloud workloads
• Android devices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Linux, Android

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