• [$] Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Sat Jun 7 06:40:07 2025
    The 6.16 kernel will include a number of changes to how the kernel handles
    the processing of core dumps for crashed processes. Christian Brauner explained
    his reasons for doing this work as: "Because I'm a clown and also I had
    it with all the CVEs because we provide a **** API for userspace". The handling of core dumps has indeed been a constant source of
    vulnerabilities; with luck, the 6.16 work will result in rather fewer of
    them in the future.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1024160/
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