Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel Vulnerabilities

Re:Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel ... by ahartmetz on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @02:48PM (#48197569)

Whenever you read about an incredibly unlucky criminal, there's a chance that the unlucky event is a parallel construction to the classified real reason why they were caught. Not sure how exactly that would have worked in this case.

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Re:Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel ... by ordu on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @04:56PM (#48199524)

Yes, it could be. But it is a hypothetical that smells like a conspiracy theory. I wonder why you think it is a good idea to go for these hypotheticals?

Are you arguing that the system may be more resilient than it seems? Like, maybe there is a conspiracy working on security. And they keep themselves secret so attackers would be susceptible to under-appreciate the real level of security and make mistakes that inevitable would caught?

It seems like a over-stretched explanation, doesn't it. Care to explain yourself?

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Re:Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel ... by ahartmetz on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @06:23PM (#48200476)

I mentioned it mainly because I find it interesting. We are probably just slightly less lucky than it seems. This particular case doesn't look that much like a parallel construction to me.

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Re:Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel ... by akimbostrawman on Thursday May 21, 2026 @04:25AM (#48219486)

>is a hypothetical that smells like a conspiracy theory. I wonder why you think it is a good idea to go for these hypotheticals?

Its always amusing to me when people use "conspiracy theory", a word deliberately popularized and weaponized by said agencies (CIA Memo 1035-960) to mock people for doubting and asking questions about there supposed operations and tactics.

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