Linux Mint fixes screensaver bypass discovered by two kids

#1

Post by hackerpain » Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 3:42 PM UTC

Linux Mint fixes screensaver bypass discovered by two kids
zdnet.com

Re: Linux Mint fixes screensaver bypass discovered by two kids

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Post by tails4e » Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 7:16 PM UTC

It's kind of ironic, but I've the exact opposite problem in linux mint, just installed the xfce version and when I type in my password it sometimes does not unlock, the screen kind of hangs with a spinning icon. I can recover by starting a console session (ctrl-alt-F2) and killing the screen saver session thst way and then returning to the GUI. Other than this annoyance, my laptop is running really nicely on Linux mint, a Ed a creaking old Windows laptop from the bin.

Re: Linux Mint fixes screensaver bypass discovered by two kids

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Post by hackerpain » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:20 AM UTC

tails4e wrote: post #2

It's kind of ironic, but I've the exact opposite problem in linux mint, just installed the xfce version and when I type in my password it sometimes does not unlock, the screen kind of hangs with a spinning icon. I can recover by starting a console session (ctrl-alt-F2) and killing the screen saver session thst way and then returning to the GUI. Other than this annoyance, my laptop is running really nicely on Linux mi…

How does this kind of vulnerability even remain, after code reviews?

Is it hard to spot?