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# CrowdStrike Didn't Just Affect Windows But Linux Too! (Kind Of)
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/crowdstrike-windows-linux/
- Published: 2024-07-23T09:36:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-26T10:52:47.000Z
- Description: CrowdStrike wreaking havoc everywhere!
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Linux, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

At the end of last week, the IT industry saw a catastrophic event take place thanks to a faulty patch pushed in to Windows by [CrowdStrike](https://www.crowdstrike.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), a cybersecurity firm based out of Austin, Texas.

Even though, its timing might've been a boon for those looking to get off work early.

Many critical infrastructures such as Airports and Medical facilities had to bear the brunt of it, **raising many important questions** over dependence on such centralized pieces of tech.

Luckily, the issue has since been [addressed](https://www.crowdstrike.com/falcon-content-update-remediation-and-guidance-hub/?ref=itsfoss.com), but this didn't stop many, including us, from creating some [funny memes](https://x.com/itsfoss2/status/1814314761254838419?ref=itsfoss.com) on CrowdStrike's plight.

Sadly, Linux was also affected by Crowdstrike weeks before this catastrophic event occurred, which largely went unknown, until now, that is. 🫤

## CrowdStrike's Incompetence: A Heavy Price To Pay For Second-Class Treatment

![a screenshot of a forum post on rocky linux forums outlining an issue with crowdstrike falcon](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/07/CrowdStrike_Linux_Booboo_a.png)

Back in May, a Rocky Linux user posted [an issue](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/crowdstrike-freezing-rockylinux-after-9-4-upgrade/14041?ref=itsfoss.com) on the forum which reported that upgrading to [Rocky Linux 9.4](https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-9-4-ga-release?ref=itsfoss.com) on servers equipped with CrowdStrike's [Falcon platform](https://www.crowdstrike.com/platform/?ref=itsfoss.com) would result in a system freeze due to a [kernel panic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel%5Fpanic?ref=itsfoss.com). 

**Other users also chimed in**, facing similar issues, and after going around looking for potential fixes, they finally found one in Red Hat's Customer Portal, more on that in a bit.

On [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41005936&ref=itsfoss.com), another user suffering from CrowdStrike's incompetence shared that a fleet of production machines running [Debian](https://www.debian.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) were taken offline when CrowdStrike pushed an incompatible patch for Debian stable.

When they initially contacted support, CrowdStrike took a day to respond, then asked for more proof, beyond what was already provided, they then took some days to acknowledge it.

And, after making them wait for a couple of weeks, they sent a [root cause analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root%5Fcause%5Fanalysis?ref=itsfoss.com), which mentioned that they didn't support this specific scenario of Debian stable running version N-1, which the user believed was a supported configuration.

Unsurprisingly, thanks to all the chaos, the U.S. House of Representatives [Homeland Security Committee](https://homeland.house.gov/?ref=itsfoss.com) has officially sent a letter to [George Kurtz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgekurtz?ref=itsfoss.com), CEO of CrowdStrike, asking him to testify on the massive outage.

I would have liked to think that this was due to Linux-based OSes being affected, but, as we all know, [Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/?ref=itsfoss.com) is the favorite child among all the operating systems for a bulk of the population.

Fun (*or ominous!?*) fact, George was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of McAfee back in 2010, when the infamous [DAT 5958](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee?ref=itsfoss.com#DAT%5F5958%5Fupdate) antivirus update managed to cripple millions of Windows-equipped computers around the world.

*💬 The motorsport fan in me knows CrowdStrike from the sponsorship and infrastructure support they do for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS* [*F1 Team*](https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/?ref=itsfoss.com)*. What about you? Did you know of them before?*