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Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Because many eyes are there watching it. While not everyone is an active kernel hacker, many parties have an active interest in certain aspects of the kernel, and watch source code and patches closely.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yup. E.g. years ago Huawei tried to merge something in the kernel that had a glaring security hole, many speculated that it was a deliberate attempt to add an exploit to the kernel.

    It was immediately spotted before it even got close to being merged, and of course it got rejected.

    The likes of Google, Microsoft, RedHat/IBM, Intel, AMD, Chronos group, etc are always investigating what other companies are trying to implement into the kernel. They obviously won't stand for any dodgy stuff from another company being injected into the kernel.

    Everything is highly scrutinised, not just by the kernel maintainers, but also by the contributors.

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