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Rust will save the Linux kernel project from flood of AI-discovered security problems and already improves the kernel, but it is not a silver bullet, says Greg Kroah-Hartman (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 6 days ago by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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Rust will save Linux from C's inherent security weaknesses.

Linux, faced with a flood of AI-discovered security problems, could use the help.

Going forward, more and more Linux code will be written in Rust.

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[–] ell1e@leminal.space 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No worries, the amount of new slop code with hidden bugs is entering the ring to try to keep the balance and to ensure the overall security doesn't improve by too much: https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-declares-massive-ai-fueled-code-surges-as-the-new-normal-for-linux/

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

These are security patches for bugs found with AI tools - not AI-generated kernel code.