On 19 January 2012 18:23, Dmitry Korzhevin <dkorzhevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > a funny bug in the Xorg server that could allow attackers with physical > access to a machine to bypass the screensaver/screen locker program. > Most people use those programs to lock their computer when they are > away. On Gnome, gnome-screensaver is responsible for this. On KDE, > kscreenlocker is. There is a wide variety of smaller tools doing the > same thing, e.g. slock, slimlock, i3lock... > > Read more: > http://gu1.aeroxteam.fr/2012/01/19/bypass-screensaver-locker-program-xorg-111-and-up > > ctrl+atl+*(on num lock keyboard) confirmed and work in arch linux. IMO, it's not an X.Org or configuration bug, it's a bug in all the screen lockers. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/217 -- Tavian Barnes
