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0 pointskingkilr5y ago0 comments

The kernel maintainers have actively expressed interest in having upstream support for writing kernel modules in Rust!

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Which might be eligible for a bounty under this program, but I doubt the kernel itself will have parts of it written in a memory-safe language anytime soon.

kingkilrOP5y ago

Lots of drivers, network protocols, etc. in the kernel, and they're most of the attack surface -- not the scheduler :-)

We have to approach this as a question of how, not if. When we do that, we can change computer security.

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0 pointskingkilr5y ago0 comments

The kernel maintainers have actively expressed interest in having upstream support for writing kernel modules in Rust!

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saagarjha5y ago

Which might be eligible for a bounty under this program, but I doubt the kernel itself will have parts of it written in a memory-safe language anytime soon.

kingkilrOP5y ago

Lots of drivers, network protocols, etc. in the kernel, and they're most of the attack surface -- not the scheduler :-)

We have to approach this as a question of how, not if. When we do that, we can change computer security.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse