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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

576 points · 408 comments · luispa

  1. embedding-shape · · focus · HN ↗
    "Several" feels a bit of an understatement, there are 1313 CVEs listed on that page!

    Wonder how many of these NSA and others been sitting on, for how long and how many are still there? I guess the silver lining with the aixplosion of CVEs is that software eventually will get more secure.

    1. crispr245 · · focus · HN ↗
      NSA allegedly used to have a "black budget" of around a couple dozen million dollars for software sabotaging. I wonder what percentage of those CVEs could be related to it...
      1. tclancy · · focus · HN ↗
        “A couple dozen million” feels like there should be an Imperial measurement for it à la hogshead or furlong.
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