• danielfgom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    On the upside they are helping secure Linux because now the the appropriate action can be taken to prevent this in future.

    I’m sure a security patch has already been released. The Linux community normally addresses these things very quickly.

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      1 year ago

      I’m all for looking on the bright side but this is a bit much lol

      Linux users online tend to get very high and mighty every time another OS has a sucurity bug. But it’s a good thing for Linux hehe

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        Linux users online tend to get very high and mighty every time another OS has a sucurity bug. But it’s a good thing for Linux hehe

        That’s because illuminating security vulnerabilities is VERY GENERALLY a good thing for an open source community driven software that can be more agile than closed and private code bases that are GENERALLY entrenched in a corporate structure slowed by all of the inertia inherent in those systems.

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          1 year ago

          Don’t like all Linux patches have to be emailed directly to chappy for him to personally check?

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              This process initiates with Linus Torvalds, wherein, he releases a new kernel and then opens a 2-week merge window. During this merge window, he pulls the code for the next release from subsystem maintainers. Subsystem maintainers send signed git pull requests to Linus either during the merge window or before

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                1 year ago

                No, that’s just for development discussion and code versioning. Nothing the end-user needs to touch or see.

                End users update their system with commands/through interfaces or they receive automatic updates, depending on their system.

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      1 year ago

      There’s no actual vuln here is there? It’s just a persistent backdoor that hides with some elf and kernel tricks.

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        1 year ago

        Sure. I’m not excusing it, just saying now they we know about it, at least it can get patched. Nothing worse than having a security hole going unpatched for years.