• Re: The Security Circus Continues

    From Rich@21:1/5 to Computer Nerd Kev on Wed Sep 18 22:08:47 2024
    XPost: alt.os.linux

    In comp.os.linux.misc Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    In comp.os.linux.misc Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:
    The security circus continues... (what else can it do?)

    Kernel 6.11 has added yet more security garbage:

    SLAB_BUCKETS
    [snip]
    Like who/what the fuck will ever attempt that on my personal
    desktop workstation?

    Just say "No." Keep your fucking security hallucinations off
    of my fucking machine.

    Well it looks like you can say no. It's optional, so just build a
    kernel without it. Or try to talk your distro maintainer into
    disabling it in their build if you don't want to do that.

    CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS https://www.kernelconfig.io/CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS?kernelversion=6.11&arch=x86

    I'll predict that Lester has never, ever, even once, compiled a custom
    kernel for themself.

    His randings sound an awful lot like a self-centered child "my way, my
    way, my way, wah, wah, wah".

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to Lester Thorpe on Thu Sep 19 07:33:43 2024
    XPost: alt.os.linux

    In comp.os.linux.misc Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:
    The security circus continues... (what else can it do?)

    Kernel 6.11 has added yet more security garbage:

    SLAB_BUCKETS
    [snip]
    Like who/what the fuck will ever attempt that on my personal
    desktop workstation?

    Just say "No." Keep your fucking security hallucinations off
    of my fucking machine.

    Well it looks like you can say no. It's optional, so just build a
    kernel without it. Or try to talk your distro maintainer into
    disabling it in their build if you don't want to do that.

    CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS https://www.kernelconfig.io/CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS?kernelversion=6.11&arch=x86

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