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Kernel-hack-drill and exploiting CVE-2024-50264 in the Linux kernel

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239 points r4um | 1 comments | 03 Sep 25 06:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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N_Lens ◴[03 Sep 25 14:29 UTC] No.45116266[source]▶
Would a more memory safe language like Rust in the Linux kernel have more safety against these types of exploits?
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1. steveklabnik ◴[03 Sep 25 14:36 UTC] No.45116350[source]▶
I just glanced at the patch, but “more safety” is at least directionally correct; given that the kernel could use unsafe code, it’s in theory still possible, but I would expect this code wouldn’t be written in unsafe directly.