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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by drieddust on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:23AM (#12758744)
Yeah not sure what happened. Somehow I ended up looking at wrong article.

I am not very good at theory of Operating Systems but since Memory Management is separated from kernel it would have been difficult for a memory bug to impact other subsystems.

Another argument is modularity which would have allowed better testing hence lesser chances of bugs.

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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by sheer_horror on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:30AM (#12758762)
Despite your erroneous reply, you still hit 4th most upvoted comment thanks to the pro-open source sentiment here.
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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by drieddust on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:14AM (#12759286)
Yep but my argument still holds true especially in the era of IoT risks are now becoming physical. Bugs earlier used to only impact people financially, emotionally but now risks are physical.
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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by snvzz on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:38AM (#12759352)
Why do you think it is erroneous?
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