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byron3256 78 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Copy Fail

How about blacklisting algif_aead initialization function on RHEL 9/10? I added "initcall_blacklist=algif_aead_init" to the kernel boot options and rebooted. The exploit is not working anymore.

m3nu 78 days ago [–]

Good idea. Added to the playbook for RHEL only.

On Debian normal unloading of the module works.

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