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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 82 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Because Rust lets you choose when something is unsafe vs writing all unsafe in code all the time:

Note the other 159 kernel CVEs issued today for fixes in the C portion of the codebase

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Yes same concept as other languages like C#

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

You go ahead and write an OS kernel in C# then.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Here, someone already wrote a bare bones one. Of course that also uses an unsafe block lol

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