URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
- anticapitalista
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URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
It was brought to my attention by antiX user Rademes that the Dirty COW vulnerability was still present on 64 bit antiX-16 (not 64 bit antiX-16.1 nor 32 bit antiX-16)) after a dist-upgrade.
For some reason the correct linux-image deb was updated, but does not auto-upgrade even though the headers do.
All 64bit antiX-16 users (full, base and core) should do the following.
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
For some reason the correct linux-image deb was updated, but does not auto-upgrade even though the headers do.
All 64bit antiX-16 users (full, base and core) should do the following.
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
Thanks for the security update, anti.
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- Eadwine Rose
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
I just did a simulation command of this.. I don't see it replacing anything, just adding? Am I missing something?
The 1 not upgraded is apt-notifier which we sort of pinned a while ago.
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root@eadwine-mx16:/home/eadwine# apt-get -s install --reinstall linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
linux-firmware-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Inst linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 antiX repository:3.1/jessie [amd64])
Inst linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 antiX repository:3.1/jessie [amd64])
Conf linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 antiX repository:3.1/jessie [amd64])
Conf linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 antiX repository:3.1/jessie [amd64])
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
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Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
- anticapitalista
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
will replace the older, unsafe kernel with the safe, new one.
linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
will replace the older, unsafe kernel with the safe, new one.
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- Eadwine Rose
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
Ah ok.. so that boots automagically then. Going to give this a whirl :)
And back after a reboot. This is what it did:
And back after a reboot. This is what it did:
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eadwine@eadwine-mx16:~
$ su
Password:
root@eadwine-mx16:/home/eadwine# apt-get update
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie InRelease
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15 InRelease
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16 InRelease
Ign http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15 Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16 Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie Release
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie Release
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15 Release
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16 Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Get:1 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [6,916 B]
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Get:2 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [736 B]
Hit http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Get:3 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [6,916 B]
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie/main amd64 Packages
Get:4 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [736 B]
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie/main i386 Packages
Get:5 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Get:6 http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie-updates/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex [736 B]
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/main i386 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.nl.debian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com jessie/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org jessie InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org jessie/contrib amd64 Packages
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/main Translation-en
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx15/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/main Translation-en
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://nl.mxrepo.com mx16/non-free Translation-en
Ign https://mega.nz ./ InRelease
Get:7 https://mega.nz ./ Release.gpg [481 B]
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org jessie/contrib i386 Packages
Get:8 https://mega.nz ./ Release [973 B]
Get:9 https://mega.nz ./ Packages [2,273 B]
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org jessie/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
Ign https://mega.nz ./ Translation-en_US
Ign https://mega.nz ./ Translation-en
Fetched 22.5 kB in 2s (9,202 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@eadwine-mx16:/home/eadwine# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
apt-notifier
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
root@eadwine-mx16:/home/eadwine# apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
linux-firmware-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 43.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 223 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/jessie/ jessie/main linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp amd64 4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 [7,233 kB]
Get:2 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/jessie/ jessie/main linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp amd64 4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2 [36.3 MB]
Fetched 43.5 MB in 14s (2,958 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp.
(Reading database ... 209160 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp_4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp_4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2) ...
Setting up linux-image-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-2) ...
: Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found background: /usr/local/share/backgrounds/MX16/grub/maine-sunrise-grub.png
Found background image: /usr/local/share/backgrounds/MX16/grub/maine-sunrise-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
No volume groups found
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1
done
root@eadwine-mx16:/home/eadwine#
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
- anticapitalista
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
Seems ok - didn't know you were using the antiX kernel on MX. Hope it works out ok for you.
anticapitalista
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- Eadwine Rose
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
I never installed anything weird (kernels fall under weird for me), this is a default install with no weirdness adjustments.
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
Looks like along with the 4.7 kernel that comes with MX 16 you are also the proud new owner of 4.4.10 from antiX. 

- Eadwine Rose
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Re: URGENT -Dirty COW exploit - 64 bit antiX-16 users
I have NO idea how to find out what is running or how this all works 
Did find this command:
$ uname -a
Linux eadwine-mx16 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP MX 4.7.8-1mx16+3 (2017-02-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux
There is one thing I DO know: my system works

Did find this command:
$ uname -a
Linux eadwine-mx16 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP MX 4.7.8-1mx16+3 (2017-02-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux
There is one thing I DO know: my system works

MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030