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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

Damn, that's the 3rd one in as many weeks. Linux white hat hackers have been busy.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

When can we get an exploit that works on Android?

[–] cevn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thats a fuckin yikes from me. 6 years too.

[–] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

No mitigation until the kernal patch available for my distro, right?

[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Reproduced on Fedora

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago