▲ 31 ▼ AMD Open-Source GPU Kernel Driver Above 5 Million Lines, Entire Linux Kernel At 34.8 Million (www.phoronix.com) submitted 2 years ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@discuss.tchncs.de 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] goo@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Definitely some backdoors right in there. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's open source. If there were backdoors people would've noticed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Open source code isn’t immune to exploits. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a vulnerability and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s 0 day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's open source. If there were backdoors people would've noticed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Open source code isn’t immune to exploits. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a vulnerability and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s 0 day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Open source code isn’t immune to exploits. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a vulnerability and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s 0 day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better? permalink fedilink source parent