CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes

Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5 million machines went down

CrowdStrike's now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.its customers of a problem it described as"Kernel panic observed after booting 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.x86_64 by falcon-sensor process" that impacted some users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 after booting on kernel version 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.x86_64.

At the time, McAfee's chief technology officer was George Kurtz – who now serves as CEO of CrowdStrike. "Together with customers, we tested a new technique to accelerate impacted system remediation," the security vendor stated on LinkedIn, adding"We're in the process of operationalizing an opt-in to this technique. We're making progress by the minute."

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