Re: NFS creates hidden port

[Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl>]

Hi there


On 22/08/17 12:38, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Rob van der Putten wrote:
> > I think this may be a kernel bug.
>
> A valid theory for now. I googled on:
>    https://askubuntu.com/questions/851986/rkhunter-reports-hidden-tcp-port-probably-nfs-server
> brings me to
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg910866.html
> Some suspicious kernel commit ids are mentioned in
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg911346.html
> It looks like the original poster ended up speaking to himself. Insightful
> but lonely.
>
> One year late the problem appeared again
>    https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9207481/

And this post is over a year old. One would expect this to be fixed by now.


Regards,
Rob