Subj : [$] Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs
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From : LWN.net
Date : Fri Jun 06 2025 15:00:07

[$] Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs

Date:
Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:57:58 +0000

Description:
The 6.16 kernel will include a number of changes to how the kernel handles
the processing of core dumps for crashed processes.  Christian Brauner 
explained his reasons for doing this work as: " Because I'm a clown and also 
I had
it with all the CVEs because we provide a **** API for userspace ".  The
handling of core dumps has indeed been a constant source of
vulnerabilities; with luck, the 6.16 work will result in rather fewer of
them in the future.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1024160/


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