Jun 19 2021

Can *YOU* blow a PC speaker using only a Linux kernel driver?

Category: Linux SecurityDISC @ 12:42 pm

We don’t often put out programming appeals on Naked Security, especially when the code that we’re looking for is dangerous and destructive.

But this time we’re prepared to make an exception, given that it’s a rainy Friday afternoon where we are, and that this issue is now in its fifteenth consecutive year.

Our attention was drawn to the problem by a tweet from well-known Google cybersecurity researcher Tavis Ormandy, who tweeted today to say:

Can *YOU* blow a PC speaker using only a Linux kernel driver?

Tags: Linux kernel driver