# explained simply (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover explained simply. Page: Feed: --- ## [pytorch setup with uv](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/programming/languages/python/pytorch-setup) _2026-07-20 · Mike Bommarito_ configuring pytorch with uv package manager for different compute backends ## [minecraft chunk-batch backpressure bypass (MC-308703)](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/security/minecraft-chunk-batch-backpressure-dos) _2026-07-15 · Mike Bommarito_ a client-controlled acknowledgement counter in the java-edition server had no lower bound, letting a joined player defeat chunk-send flow control and drive the server into unbounded off-heap growth and tick stall. reported as mojira MC-308703, fixed silently in 26.2. ## [Celatim](https://michaelbommarito.com/projects/celatim) _2026-07-10 · Mike Bommarito_ Typed Python library for authenticated file transfer and reproducible measurement of covert channels in unused, reserved, and optional IETF protocol fields ## [KovaPlusFltr.sys: an unprivileged kernel stack overflow in the ROCCAT Kova\[+\] HID filter driver](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/infosec/kovaplusfltr-ioctl-stack-overflow) _2026-06-26 · Mike Bommarito_ glaurung surfaced an unbounded ioctl copy in a 2010 ROCCAT gaming-mouse filter driver: an attacker-controlled length copied into a fixed 3000-byte kernel stack buffer with no upper bound and no /GS cookie, overwriting the saved return address. unprivileged with a controlled kernel write, but reachable only when the Kova\[+\] mouse is present, which we reproduced in qemu by emulating the hardware the… ## [if-then: the promise rule](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/reasoning/explained/if-then-promises) _2026-06-21 · Mike Bommarito_ implication explained simply: an "if… then…" is a promise, and there is exactly one way to break it ## [logic, explained simply](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/reasoning/explained) _2026-06-21 · Mike Bommarito_ a friendly on-ramp to reasoning and logic for curious minds (around ages 11+): every idea taught as a story plus a game you can try ## [the straw man trick](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/reasoning/explained/straw-man) _2026-06-21 · Mike Bommarito_ the straw man fallacy explained simply: swapping a real point for a sillier fake one that is easy to knock down ## [live kernel-debugging windows drivers in qemu from linux (no windbg, no whpx, no exdi)](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/infosec/live-debug-windows-drivers-qemu-gdbstub) _2026-06-20 · Mike Bommarito_ a working recipe for breakpointing windows kernel drivers running in a qemu/kvm guest, driven entirely from a linux host over the qemu gdbstub. it sidesteps the usual windbg-over-kdnet/exdi and whpx pain: gdb attaches to the gdbstub directly, base+rva is resolved without pdbs, and the single rule that fixes "symbols resolve but my breakpoint never hits" is hardware breakpoints only. ends with a… ## [ip access control vs x-forwarded-for: two java footguns](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/infosec/ip-acl-x-forwarded-for-footguns) _2026-06-19 · Mike Bommarito_ jetty's InetAccessHandler and undertow's ProxyPeerAddressHandler both let an ip allow-list be driven by the client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header in their documented reverse-proxy setups. the interactions are public and arguably intentional; the real defects are a false jetty javadoc guarantee and a misleading undertow method name, not new bypasses. ## [tcpip.sys Fse/port-tracker per-message length underflow (kernel OOB read, SEH-caught)](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/infosec/tcpip-fse-port-tracker-length-underflow) _2026-06-19 · Mike Bommarito_ a confirmed integer underflow in the windows tcp/ip Fse/port-tracker (WSL2 mirrored-networking) transport hands a ~4GB declared length to the MIDL/NDR decoder over a \<32-byte buffer. the kernel out-of-bounds read executes on a live kernel but is caught by an RPC structured-exception handler; the one possible escalation (an info-leak to the peer) is refuted by static analysis. real but benign, on… ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1Ct87GpCKYXi) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [june 2026 patch tuesday: a patch-diff campaign](https://michaelbommarito.com/wiki/infosec/june-2026-patch-tuesday-patch-diff) _2026-06-10 · Mike Bommarito_ reverse-engineering microsoft's record june 2026 patch tuesday: localizing the headline network and kernel cves, and two systemic observations (velocity-flag-gated fixes, and a reachability correction on the wormable tcp/ip rce)