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Statement from CS&E on Linux Kernel research - April 21, 2021

Leadership in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer
Science & Engineering learned today about the details of research
being conducted by one of its faculty members and graduate students
into the security of the Linux Kernel. The research method used
raised serious concerns in the Linux Kernel community and, as of
today, this has resulted in the University being banned from
contributing to the Linux Kernel.

We take this situation extremely seriously. We have immediately
suspended this line of research. We will investigate the research
method and the process by which this research method was approved,
determine appropriate remedial action, and safeguard against future
issues, if needed. We will report our findings back to the community
as soon as practical.

Sincerely,

Mats Heimdahl, Department Head
Loren Terveen, Associate Department Head

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

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