You must not be working professionally.
- 0 Posts
- 5 Comments
Joined 4 days ago
Cake day: October 28th, 2026
You are not logged in. If you use a Fediverse account that is able to follow users, you can follow this user.
xmo748@programming.devto
Programming@programming.dev•Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions
2·2 days agoFair 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?
xmo748@programming.devto
Programming@programming.dev•Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions
4·2 days agoClearly, but it’s worth pointing out that this kind of problem isn’t uniquely fixed by “just use Rust”.
xmo748@programming.devto
Programming@programming.dev•Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions
3·2 days agoSo could have Java, Go, C# or any language with GC. With garbage collection, the options object stays alive as long as any CPU holds a pointer to it, so use-after-free can’t happen.
Besides, this exploit is so hard to pull off the only realistic outcome is a kernel panic, and that hasn’t even been publicly demoed.

This can easily be resolved with a more direct default prompt. But I actually prefer the verbosity of the standard system prompts. It allows for much better exploration and learning opportunities.