Linux Boot Vulnerability Lets Attackers Bypass Secure Boot Protections

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Shane1145
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Linux Boot Vulnerability Lets Attackers Bypass Secure Boot Protections

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A newly highlighted vulnerability in the Linux boot process exposes a critical weakness in the security posture of many modern distributions.

Despite widespread adoption of Secure Boot, full-disk encryption, and bootloader passwords, attackers can still bypass these defenses by exploiting the Initial RAM Filesystem (initramfs) debug shell—a loophole often overlooked in hardening guides, as per a report by Insinuator.

https://gbhackers.com/linux-boot-vulnerability/
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