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Flaw leaves Linux computers vulnerable

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Flaw leaves Linux computers vulnerable

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-857265.html

A flaw in a software-compression library used in all versions of Linux could leave the lion's share of systems based on the open-source operating system open to attack, said sources in the security community on Monday.

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url

URL(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						    URL(4)

NAME

     url -- Realtek RTL8150L USB Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

     url*    at uhub?
     urlphy* at mii?

DESCRIPTION

     The url driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Realtek RTL8150L USB-ether bridge chip.

     The url driver supports the following adapters:

	   CompUSA USBKR100
	   GreenHouse GH-USB100B
	   Melco Inc. LUA-KTX
	   Sitecom LN013

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

DIAGNOSTICS

     url%d: watchdog timeout  A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the
     transmission before a timeout expired.

     url%d: no memory for rx list  The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.

SEE ALSO

     arp(4), mii(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The url device driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

AUTHORS

     The url driver was written by Shingo WATANABE <nabe@nabechan.org>.

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