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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

576 points · 408 comments · luispa

freebsd_lovefes · 1790959378 · focus · HN ↗
"SEVERAL"? There are 1,000,000 CVEs in that one security update.
In FreeBSD we only get a couple relatively minor ones every few months.
Maybe Linux uses "several" as a poetically derived noun from severance...as in severance of your relationship with Linux.
1. jiveturkey · 1790960757 · focus · HN ↗
  it's tongue in cheek

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