saw this on the LKML but fuck it its in the news now
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pcworld/113700
A serious vulnerability in the Linux (news - web sites) 2.4 kernel has been discovered. The flaw allows users on a Linux machine to gain unlimited access privileges, according to a security advisory posted by developers of the noncommercial Debian Linux distribution.
int overflow in brk system call
fuck nerds