Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by erhan24 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:33AM (#25846206)

Xscreensaver has crashed twice in my life and opened the desktop. That's still a good statistic but it may have crashed because of the animation.

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by throwanem on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:38AM (#25846248)

Savers can crash without the screen unlocking. Are you sure it was xscreensaver you were running, and not one of the innumerable incompetent knockoffs?

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by Liskni_si on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:10AM (#25848117)

I've also seen some xscreensaver crashes a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21224179

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by sontek on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:53AM (#25846432)

Sounds like you were probably using gnome-screensaver or some of the many other poorly written alternatives like cinnamon that do this. I don't believe there is any way for xscreensaver to unlock the desktop even if it does crash

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by cbsks on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:30AM (#25847533)

Incorrect. It’s a limitation of X11 that if the screensaver daemon crashes, including xscreensaver, the desktop will be unlocked. See the JWZ links that are posted in this thread.

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