When the Red Light Goes On: How We Responded to the Linux Kernel 0-Day

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by nine_ch

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nine_ch

5 hours ago

We're a Swiss managed hosting provider. On April 30 a Linux kernel 0-day (local root via a few lines of Python) dropped with no patched kernel available yet for our Ubuntu fleet. This is a write-up of how we handled it, what worked, and what we'd do differently. Happy to answer questions.