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Rust vs. C — Linux’s Uncivil War

Richi Jennings | February 25, 2025 | Christoph Hellwig, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Hector Martin, Linus Torvalds, Linux, memory exploit, memory safe, memory safe language, rust, Rust adoption, Rust Programming Language, SB Blogwatch

Kernel Panic in the Rust Belt. Memory safety: GOOD. Cheese motion: BAD ...

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First Linux Kernel 6.7 Release Candidate Announced

Rohan Timalsina | November 23, 2023 | AppArmor, KernelCare Enterprise, KVM, Linus Torvalds, Linux & Open Source News, Linux kernel, Linux Kernel features, linux kernel patching, Linux Kernel Release Candidate, linux live patching, Linux news, loong64, RISC-V architecture

The next major release, Linux kernel 6.7, is on its way, with the first Release Candidate (RC) now available for public testing. According to Torvalds, this merge window is the biggest ever, ...

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StackRot: Linux Bug so bad Linus Dives Into Code to Fix It

Richi Jennings | July 10, 2023 | Linus Torvalds, Linux, SB Blogwatch, StackRot, Use After Free

Maple Tree Side Effects: Torvalds feels the pressure, fixes lazy locks ...

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Linux Fixes 5 Gaping Holes in Wi-Fi

Richi Jennings | October 14, 2022 | Firewalls won't help you, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Open Source Security, Operating System Security, SB Blogwatch, Wi-Fi, wifi

Linux’s Wi-Fi code has some *nasty* bugs, which can be exploited simply by being near an attacker. They’re caused by our old friend: Memory-unsafe C code ...

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