The issue focused on Microsoft Windows XP but most other OS's like Linux are affected too. Here are some statistics about PC kernel vulnerabilities that affect Linux users: https://blog.linuxfoundation.org/issue/Security_Architectures_vs_Distros_PoC_Report_pdf_Aug2013_POI_Report_Final_October2013 This PoC revealed two vulnerabilities that affect Linux kernel 2.6.32 and later versions: CVE-2013-3476 (CVE-2013-34