𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.org to Linux · 10 months agoCritical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkitsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down124 cross-posted to: security
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkCritical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkitsarstechnica.com𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.org to Linux · 10 months agomessage-square28fedilink cross-posted to: security
minus-squarealliswell33 @lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-210 months agoWould this affect systems booting to the refind bootloader without secure boot? Sorry for the ignorance just trying to figure out if I should be changing my system for this news.
minus-squareJordan_Ulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoNo. This is a vulnerability which allows bypassing secure boot protections. You have already manually bypassed those protections by disabling secure boot.
Would this affect systems booting to the refind bootloader without secure boot? Sorry for the ignorance just trying to figure out if I should be changing my system for this news.
No
No.
This is a vulnerability which allows bypassing secure boot protections. You have already manually bypassed those protections by disabling secure boot.