Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP

Re:Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP by sigjuice on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:55PM (#18350896)

I don’t see why compiling XNU needs to be more complicated than 1. install the compiler (easy to do just by typing ‘cc’ on a pristine Mac) 2. Type ‘make’

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Re:Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP by pcwalton on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:29PM (#18351049)

It doesn't need to be that more complicated, but build systems inevitably have a way of needing at least one full time engineer to get them to the point of being that nice to use.

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Re:Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP by setquk on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:53AM (#18352020)

That’s not how software teams work unfortunately.

There’s probably three build systems and none of them work on certain days of the week and the guy who wrote it all left six months ago.

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Re:Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP by saagarjha on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:57AM (#18352030)

For XNU? Doubt it. It's probably all on XBS and has multiple people maintaining the build system.

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Re:Kernel RCE in iOS/macOS with ICMP by setquk on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:53AM (#18353054)

Sorry I forgot the /s on the end of that.

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