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Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Linus Torvalds has proper motivated reasons for really disliking file systems without a case sensitivity.</p><p>Read this with me from the kernel lkml, regarding bcachefs. </p><p>Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.15-rc4 - Linus Torvalds<br><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjajMJyoTv2KZdpVRoPn0LFZ94Loci37WLVXmMxDbLOjg@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wja</span><span class="invisible">jMJyoTv2KZdpVRoPn0LFZ94Loci37WLVXmMxDbLOjg@mail.gmail.com/</span></a></p><p>🖋️ <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zsh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/csh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/tcsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tcsh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POSIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/100daysofCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>100daysofCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/640DaysOfCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>640DaysOfCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/1024DaysOfCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1024DaysOfCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Torvalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torvalds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/filesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filesystem</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LhiCP8AQWs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!</em></a></p><ul><li><p>It's worse than any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumble</span></a> or even the old <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TeamSpeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamSpeak</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a> for that matter.</p></li><li><p>It combines the disadvantages of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Forum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forum</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/voicechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voicechat</span></a> with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zulip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zulip</span></a> &amp; Mumble &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a>) it's just an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InformationBlackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationBlackhole</span></a>!</p></li></ul><p>I'm shure fecking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dread</span></a> has better moderation and I'd rather use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> cuz those at least have proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> tools.</p><ul><li>And I'd rather subscribe to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> and see my inbox getting hosed than using any shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaaS</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Case in point: I'd rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.</p><p>I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does <em>everything but horrible</em> to go with multiple <em>smaller &amp; good tools</em></p><ul><li>Public Chat? IRC!</li><li>Group Voicechat? Mumble.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Documentation</span></a>? <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mkDocs</span></a>-material.</li><li>1:1 Chats? XMPP+OMEMO.</li><li>E2EE Group Chats? <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deltaChat</span></a>.</li><li>E2EE Calls? <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a>.</li><li>Filehosting? <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPFS</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a>, oshi.at, etc. ...</li><li>…</li></ul><p>Check <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alternativeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alternativeto</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> for options.</p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>Ohh, there was another discussion on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> about "modern <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros should be more careful mounting untrusted storage devices, as they might contain maliciously corrupted filesystems that can cause the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> to fail"</p><p>Good entry point to the discussion: <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z8948cR5aka4Cc5g@dread.disaster.area/t/#u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/Z8948cR5ak</span><span class="invisible">a4Cc5g@dread.disaster.area/t/#u</span></a></p><p>"[…] We've tried for years to get userspace to adopt a more security-aware model for untrusted devices, but have made pretty much no progress. […]"</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a></p>
Ethan Carter Edwards<p>Does anyone have any tips on adding a new game controller to the Linux kernel? I have this Nintendo switch knock off controller that doesn’t work but I would like to use. I tried adding the vendor and device id to xpad.c, but that didn’t work. Any ideas?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/driver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>driver</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NintendoSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NintendoSwitch</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>2/ For completeness, as it's easy to miss in Kent's long post:</p><p>Kent refuses to send a public apology for a remark to a mm developer that lead to the escalation to the COC. Search for "you should probably send him an apology" in his Patreon post to find a good place to start.</p><p>Also note that Kent resurrected the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> thread with the remark yesterday; new messages start here: <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/vvulqfvftctokjzy3ookgmx2ja73uuekvby3xcc2quvptudw7e@7qj4gyaw2zfo/t/#u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/vvulqfvftc</span><span class="invisible">tokjzy3ookgmx2ja73uuekvby3xcc2quvptudw7e@7qj4gyaw2zfo/t/#u</span></a></p>
c't Magazin<p>Warum das Linux-Kernel-Team russische Maintainer ausgeschlossen<br>hat, erfahrt ihr von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@ktn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ktn</span></a></span> im aktuellen Open Source Spotlight. 📧</p><p>Zum Newsletter: <a href="https://heise.de/s/zKAKm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">heise.de/s/zKAKm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Maintainer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maintainer</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/RusslandSanktionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RusslandSanktionen</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Sanktionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanktionen</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/LinusTorvalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinusTorvalds</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/RussiaSanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaSanctions</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>Linus on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> today:</p><p>"""Honestly, I'm pretty damn fed up with buggy hardware and completely theoretical attacks that have never actually shown themselves to be used in practice.</p><p>So I think this time we push back on the hardware people […]</p><p>Because dammit, let's put the onus on where the blame lies, and not just take any random shit from bad hardware and say "oh, but it *might* be a problem".</p><p> Linus"'"</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wiUaWnHGgusaMOodypgm7bVztMVQkB6JUvQ0HoYJqDNYA@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wiUa</span><span class="invisible">WnHGgusaMOodypgm7bVztMVQkB6JUvQ0HoYJqDNYA@mail.gmail.com/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> QOTD from Tytso:</p><p>"'Basically, you can't really take anything for granted when you're dealing with a non-upstream kernel, and that includes the version number.'"</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240820144434.GA184464@mit.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/2024082014</span><span class="invisible">4434.GA184464@mit.edu/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> statements I did not expect to see when I opened my mailer today:</p><p>"'I certainly use Linux with actual ISA hardware, i.e. systems with ISA or EISA slots and option cards within, as well as other hardware dating back to 1989. I'm told people use Linux with m68k hardware going back in time even further. '"</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/alpine.DEB.2.21.2408131802050.59022@angie.orcam.me.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/alpine.DEB</span><span class="invisible">.2.21.2408131802050.59022@angie.orcam.me.uk/</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> from Eli Schwartz:</p><p>'"In short, it is foolish to criticize Debian for shipping ancient software since the answer is "the purpose of Debian is so that users can use ancient software".'"</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/7d05b5af-fed0-4ceb-b320-8a1abf11c18b@gentoo.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/7d05b5af-f</span><span class="invisible">ed0-4ceb-b320-8a1abf11c18b@gentoo.org/</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> QOTD from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torvalds</span></a></span>:</p><p>"'[…] no [<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>] <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> developer should spend one single second worrying about out-of-tree modules.</p><p>It's simply not a concern - never has been, and never will be.</p><p>Now, if some out-of-tree module is on the cusp of being integrated, and is out-of-tree just because it's not quite ready yet, that would maybe be then a case of "hey, wait a second".</p><p>But no. We are not going to start any kind of feature test macros for external modules […]'"</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwg1w6%2BXup%3DamYtYUCLO-SRYoy9R0z6BG-uGV%3Dy2f6yFWA@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwg</span><span class="invisible">1w6%2BXup%3DamYtYUCLO-SRYoy9R0z6BG-uGV%3Dy2f6yFWA@mail.gmail.com/</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> quote of the day from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torvalds</span></a></span>:</p><p>"' The day we finally get rid of HIGHMEM I will dance on its grave. I have hated that thing for a long long time. '"</p><p>😬 </p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjhQ-TTg40xSP5dP0a1_90LMbxhvX0bsVBdv3wpQN2xQQ@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjhQ</span><span class="invisible">-TTg40xSP5dP0a1_90LMbxhvX0bsVBdv3wpQN2xQQ@mail.gmail.com/</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torvalds</span></a></span> on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a>: </p><p>Hardcoded security module suggestion - stop the stacking insanity</p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwh%2B_xXpnHfUv%3DFwGWcce4XwqwKvtq7LcxK6WKmbf4eGGA@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwh</span><span class="invisible">%2B_xXpnHfUv%3DFwGWcce4XwqwKvtq7LcxK6WKmbf4eGGA@mail.gmail.com/</span></a></p><p>"'[…]this whole "nested LSM" stuff as a design goal just needs to be all rolled back, and the new design target is "one LSM, enabled statically at build time, without the need for indirect calls."</p><p>Because we're now in the situation where the security hooks are actually a source of not just horrible performance issues, but also actual insecurity[…]"'</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a></p>
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>Lasse Collin, original author of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Xz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xz</span></a>, replied on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a>: <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240330144848.102a1e8c@kaneli/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/lkml/202403301</span><span class="invisible">44848.102a1e8c@kaneli/</span></a></p><p>"'"[…] I'm on a holiday and only happened to look at my emails and it seems to be a major mess.</p><p>My proper investigation efforts likely start in the first days of April. That is, I currently know only a few facts which alone are bad enough.</p><p>Info will be updated here: <a href="https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>"'"</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CVE20243094" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVE20243094</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a></p>
Matt "msw" Wilson<p>Chuckling at the msgid that I got from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/monsieuricon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monsieuricon</span></a></span>'s script: "20240313-goat-of-inescapable-prowess-4f22ad@carbon"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lifehack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifehack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240313-goat-of-inescapable-prowess-4f22ad@carbon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/20240313-g</span><span class="invisible">oat-of-inescapable-prowess-4f22ad@carbon/</span></a></p>
Matt "msw" Wilson<p>I said what I said.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CVSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <br><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/Ze9GmrqiW18GMkU6@uba002e82b7465e.ant.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/Ze9GmrqiW1</span><span class="invisible">8GMkU6@uba002e82b7465e.ant.amazon.com/</span></a></p>
GNU/Linux.ch<p>Linux-Kernel in C++ ?</p><p>Während sich Linus Torvalds in einer unfreiwilligen und stromlosen Winterpause, aufgrund der winterlichen Wetterbedingungen in Oregon befindet, tanzen die Mäuse auf der Linux Kernel Mailing List auf dem Tisch. </p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Linux_Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux_Kernel</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Torvalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torvalds</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/linux-kernel-in-c-plus-plus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/linux-kernel-in-c-</span><span class="invisible">plus-plus</span></a></p>
pope of nope 🇺🇦<p>the disappointment in this message from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brauner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brauner</span></a></span> is so real that after reading it i feel a strong urge to apologize for something even if i am not involved at all and have a very marginal idea about what is this all about<br><a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231219-kinofilm-legen-305bd52c15db@brauner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lore.kernel.org/all/20231219-k</span><span class="invisible">inofilm-legen-305bd52c15db@brauner/</span></a><br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
BitPirate<p><a href="https://thehftguy.com/2023/11/14/the-linux-kernel-has-been-accidentally-hardcoded-to-a-maximum-of-8-cores-for-nearly-20-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehftguy.com/2023/11/14/the-l</span><span class="invisible">inux-kernel-has-been-accidentally-hardcoded-to-a-maximum-of-8-cores-for-nearly-20-years/</span></a></p><p>Not a single line where the author mentions trying to contact the maintainers. So many eloquently written words to say "ha ha, you're stupid".</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lkml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lkml</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidrevoy</span></a></span> I do recommend you to open up an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/issue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>issue</span></a> with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LKML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LKML</span></a> if this issue is also reproducible on other distros with the same or newer <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a>. </p><p>Your post does show that you did your due diligence and found the culprit that caused that problem...</p><p><a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/reporting-issues.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kernel.org/doc/html/latest/adm</span><span class="invisible">in-guide/reporting-issues.html</span></a></p>