[olug] wifi device driver exploits

[Rob Townley]

On 9/22/07, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 22 September 2007, Rob Townley wrote:
> > You have probably heard by now that David Maynor has posted his paper
> > on remotely hacking a machine over WiFi.  Although entitled "OS X
> > Kernel-mode Exploitation in a Weekend", it makes Windows and Linux
> > vulnerable, but for some reason that isn't talked about in his
> > article.
>
> I'd like to know how this bug affects Linux. Since it's with Apple hardware,
> presumably the chipset is the infamous Broadcom, which had to be reverse
> engineered and rewritten entirely under Linux...
>

i am not an expert, however i hope to study the source code in the
exploit sometime after next month.   Further, with Maynor going
public, i expect more manufacturers will have updates and maybe some
will have some hard documentation.   Union Pacific paid a great deal
of money for their wireless system, maybe they would sponsor Maynor to
come out to Omaha?   Give an OLUG lecture?