NVIDIA Linux Driver Hack Gives You Root Access

[Decatf]

It sounded like you where trying to say Linus was angry at Nvidia cause that forum went down.

[maldorordiscord]

We all should be thankful for the security problems closed source drivers brings us it makes the world more fun by showing us the failure of humanity.
Imagine a perfect world no one can laugh about mistakes the humanity do and all the LOLz would be lost.
Let us praise Nvidia for this kind of failure entertainment.
I hope the security hole will stay forever to show us the perfection of the Closed-Source-Creator God like and holy Nvidia.
Our salvation Nvidia, our good Nvidia, our whole Nvidia, our untouched Nvidia , our entire Nvidia all our source of creative energy, our a light in the dark Nvidia.

[md1032]

Michael, get the record straight on the 2006 vulnerability. The bug only existed for two releases, not years.

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1971/~/linux---how-does-the-rapid7-advisory-r7-0025-affect-the-nvidia-unix-driver%3F

[tstrunk]

Finally, full access to our local Fermi cluster!

Hehe, but kidding aside: I really don't want to be the guy running a Nvidia compute cluster at this very moment.

[boast]

in b4 sh*t storm

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA Linux Driver Hack Gives You Root Access

NVIDIA's had a past few weeks with Linus Torvalds having harsh words for NVIDIA the downing of their forums, and now a NVIDIA driver exploit being revealed that gives normal users the rights to super-user privileges...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE1MTk