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Re:SELinux is unmanageable; just turn it off if it gets in y... by yyyk on Thursday April 28, 2022 @02:04PM (#31195945)
Just yesterday, Microsoft found a few[0]. There's no shortage of these, but more important is the haphazard way fixes are backported to longterm (e.g. [1]). This reached the point that Google's security advice is 'always follow the latest kernel'[2], except most users and distros simply cannot afford it, so they are stuck with a vulnerable system.

Linux is not unique here. In the longterm, all the typical desktop OSs will need significant structural changes far beyond 'chase vulnerabilities and patch everything all the time'.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/27/microsoft-linux-vulne...

[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15902

[2] https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-securit...

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