Root Exploit For NVIDIA Closed-Source Linux Driver

[Gary Gatling]

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1028873


Put

Option "RenderAccel" "False"

in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and you should be safe.

Cheers,


On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Michael J. Carter wrote:

> Should we be worried?
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228
>
> http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025
>
>
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