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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

576 points · 408 comments · luispa

  1. intrepidsoldier · · focus · HN ↗
    Just the beginning. AI is going to expose how fragile the entire computing infrastructure in our world is.
    1. chii · · focus · HN ↗
      > AI is going to expose how fragile the entire computing infrastructure in our world is.

      this is a good outcome. A forcing function to encourage all computing to be more secure can only be good in the long term, even if there's a lot of pain in the short term.

      1. jfyi · · focus · HN ↗
        I, for one, am excited that we are now finally able to be "Secure™".

        Wait, I guess I missed the "more", that kind of puts a damper on the whole thing.

        Seriously though, security will continue to be an issue, always. Even if it was perfect, the benefits of it will not be applied uniformly. There will also be the same technology being improperly used causing new exploitables to go live.

        1. chii · · focus · HN ↗
          > the benefits of it will not be applied uniformly.

          why not? Any system you have permission to use and store your data should be beneficial to you if it became more secure. Unless...of course if you're the one who desires unauthorized access.

          1. jfyi · · focus · HN ↗
            Clearly because everyone will not be able to pay for it to the same extent. Though, if you have a 1200 agent swarm to throw at a hf sized problem, I'd be excited to see your writeup.
      2. fzeindl · · focus · HN ↗
        > even if there's a lot of pain in the short term

        I wonder what “a lot of pain” could mean here in a world where Crowdstrike is allowed to render half of the world unbootable without repercussions.

        Not that I think you are wrong, I am sometimes just confused why we hold back on fixing security because of imaginary deployment- and business-related pains, when it is so obviously unproblematic to crash half the world for a day?

      3. armchairhacker · · focus · HN ↗
        Also, these vulnerabilities may have been exploited by state actors.
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