*Serious* security problem with nVidia binary driver

[Andy Green]

Lonni J Friedman wrote:

>>     As of the publication date, the latest NVIDIA binary driver is still
>>     vulnerable.
>>
>> Maybe they discount the version you linked to because it calls itself a
>> beta.
> 
> I just verified that their exploit works in 1.0-8774 and doesn't work
> in 1.0-9625.  Also, there's a 1.0-9626 driver out which isn't a beta
> (that was released last week).

Well that is good news for nvidia binary users, I guess at least now the 
word is out they should upgrade or move to the nv one.  The advisory 
could have been more correct on the availability of a fix it seems.

-Andy