"Here we go: eight years of Linux kernels from 2.4 to 2.6 are vulnerable. That means, if you stumble along the wrong exploit code your safety is hosed. But thin

"Here we go: eight years of Linux kernels from 2.4 to 2.6 are vulnerable. That means, if you stumble along the wrong exploit code your safety is hosed. But thinking outside the security of your own computer, consider the millions of nodes out there that are running dangerously — and aren’t to be upgraded any time soon. And all this on our stone-stable Linux kernel?" This is annoying. Yes, there is a critical bug out there, but it's a local privilege escalation exploit, which is completely different from a remote exploit.