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Re:Escaping Docker container using waitid() – CVE-2017-5123 by user5994461 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:27PM (#16039186)
There are C++ mechanisms that do not work well in the kernel context. Like any implicit memory allocation or exceptions.

Linus is not entirely crazy. The Windows kernel SDK only supported C++ in the last decade and it has a lot of limitations.

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