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Advisory: Partclone FAT Bitmap Heap Overflow (CVE-2016-10722)

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During my semester abroad I experimented a bit with the great fuzzer american fuzzy lop (afl). Due to my background with the OpenClone project I was curious about the security of the Partclone partition imaging software. It didn’t take long and afl found some crashes. I analyzed them, built proof-of-concepts and reported the issues to […]

Linux PHC for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

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The PHC kernel for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal is now available in the linux-phc PPA on Launchpad. The Linux PHC project provides cpufreq kernel modules for undervolting Intel and AMD processors on a Linux platforms. This gives you the ability to save energy, lower the CPU temperature and expand battery time. If you want to […]

bleeding-edge wl1251 driver for Maemo Fremantle

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The bleeding-edge wl1251 wifi driver for Maemo Fremantle is now available! It is based on the upstream bleeding-edge wireless-testing tree and incorporates nearly all features found in the stock wl12xx driver used in Maemo Fremantle, adds some bugfixes and also provides some unique features like packet injection. More information can be found on this page.

Linux PHC for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

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Today I have officially published the PHC kernel for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. The Linux PHC project provides cpufreq kernel modules for undervolting Intel and AMD processors on a Linux platforms. This gives you the ability to save energy, lower the CPU temperature and expand battery time. Linux PHC usually doesn’t need a custom kernel, […]

Updated monitor mode patch for N900

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I have updated my monitor mode patch for the wl1251 chip to fix some bugs. First it is now possible to capture encrypted packets. I want to thank hardkorek for reporting this bug. Second I have fixed the data rate reported for received packets. Previously all packets showed up as 1Mb/s regardless of which data […]

Kismet + Fully functional monitor mode for the N900

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Many of you may already have noticed that I have ported Kismet to the N900 with support for internal GPS through liblocation. Now also a fully functional WLAN monitor mode is available for the N900! You might know the channel 6 problem, it’s gone now! 🙂 So here you can download my monitor mode patch […]

Kismet for the N900

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As some may have already noticed I have published my Kismet package in the extras-devel Repository a few days. Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. If you had already tried using Kismet on your N900 you will have noticed that Maemo Fremantle isn’t using gpsd anymore. As a […]

Linux PHC for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

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Today I have officially published the PHC kernel for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. The Linux PHC project provides cpufreq kernel modules for undervolting Intel and AMD processors on a Linux platforms. This gives you the ability to save energy, lower the CPU temperature and expand battery time. If you want to know more about Linux […]