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Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode"
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David Revoy ☛ Resonance - David Revoy
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Phoronix ☛ Greg KH Forewarns Of "Rough" Linux 7.3 Kernel Cycle Due To Continued Hey Hi (AI) Churn
While Linux 7.3-rc1 only released this week and there are another roughly seven weeks to go until the official kernel release, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is already warning that it's likely to be another "rough" kernel cycle given the ongoing noise caused by AI/LLM...
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Security Boulevard ☛ AI Helps Drive Number of Linux Kernel CVEs to Near 2,000 Per Release
The situation will get more difficult, he wrote. Along with the CVE numbering system, the volume of CVEs being added to the list will bury those already there, many of which remain open for years.
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University of Toronto ☛ We're no longer using Linux's strict memory overcommit mode
We have two sorts of multi-user Linux machines; there are ones for general purpose logins and normal Unix stuff, and ones that are specifically for heavy duty compute. Many years ago, we began using the Linux kernel's strict memory overcommit mode on both sorts of machines. We soon determined this wasn't a good idea on the login servers, but left it on the compute servers for many years afterward even when it caused occasional problems (also, also).
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Linux Magazine ☛ 2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
Thanks to Hey Hi (AI) bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.