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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

576 points · 408 comments · luispa

  1. drfloyd51 · · focus · HN ↗
    Is it possible that some of these bugs were already exploited by governments? And AI might help use close of that kind of thing? (And expose other kinds of things , in a kind of AI arms race?)
    1. sippingabonedry · · focus · HN ↗
      Will everyone chill the F out for a minute?

      These get released every few weeks. Tons of CVEs. If a kernel developer farts in the forest, does anyone hear it?

      August saw separate Debian kernel updates released four days apart. Does anyone even reboot that often?

      I have three kernels installed over the last 45 days or so and I probably missed a few.

      1. SoftTalker · · focus · HN ↗
        We're considering weekly reboots at work now with the pace of kernel updates coming out, and the speed with which vulnerabilities are getting exploited.
        1. seany · · focus · HN ↗
          Weekly? 12 or 24hr cadence for upgrades isn't that crazy in some places for cluster hosts...
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