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Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions (thehackernews.com)

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I never said that only Rust prevents this. I just said using Rust in the Kernel would have prevented this issue.

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[–] xmo748@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Fair enough. Don't you think it simplifies the issue a little bit? How long would it take to rewrite the entire TCP stack in rust?

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 day ago

I don't think a rewrite in Rust is necessary for everything that has a bug. Instead fixing the bug is probably more secure, before such alternative Rust code is mature enough to replace it.

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