On 20.01.2012 02:18, David J. Haines wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Tavian Barnes > <tavianator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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 > > No Happy Hacking Keyboard (1996 IBM Model M, baby!), but I do use a > custom keyboard layout that allows me to type international letters > and switch entirely to a phonetic Cyrillic layout. Please check if your custom layout contains the string "XF86_ClearGrab" (maybe also without the underscore) and if yes, replace it with "NoSymbol". Don't forget to reload it afterwards. -- Florian Pritz
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