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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 18:02:14 +0000
From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi@...goth.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB
subsystem x2
On 2019-08-22 13:57:53 -0400 (-0400), Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > Are these even realistic? If I'm going to leave malicious
> > USB devices in the parking lot for mischief am I going to rely
> > on the unknown victim running a Linux distro with the
> > requisite kernel modules or am I going to just drop a cheap
> > and near-universal USB killer?
>
> Android phones run Linux. People routinely plug those phones in to USB
> charging stations in airports, on airplanes, at booths in public
> places, etc.
Exploitation of which is commonly referred to as "juice jacking"[*]
and has led to a booming demand for "USB condoms" lately.
[*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_jacking
--
Jeremy Stanley
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