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What are the risks of installing Vanguard on a PC with dual boot? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 7 months ago by loo to c/linux_gaming
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tl;dr: Security concerns for my Linux partition, when running Vanguard on Windows?

Now that Vanguard is out, I can't play LoL on Linux anymore. I'm running a dual boot setup with windows and I'm using it only for stuff I can't get to work on Linux, so there is no personal data on there.

  • Are there any security risks for my Linux partition, if Vanguard is installed and running on my Linux partition?
  • Could Vanguard potentially access my ext4 Linux file system via Windows?
  • If my NAS is mounted on Windows, could that also be a security concern?

I'm grateful for any kind of feedback, since I'm not very informed in terms of rootkits and kernels!

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[–] Rustmilian 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Specifically it's at Ring 0.

[–] just_another_person -5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sooooo, exactly what the person you responded to said. Kernel level.

[–] Rustmilian 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not really, the source is more about the entire concept in computer science. It's extremely comprehensive, for those who want to know it inside and out. TLDR : Ring 0 means anything directly controlling the hardware, which is usually the kernel. There's also rings beyond zero that are reserved for specific things, for example -1 for hypervisors like KVM & Hyper-V.