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  • Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code

    From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 15 01:04:32 2025
    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/

    We're only here to help... The good news is when vallor, with his thing
    about kernels, builds 6.13 it won't blow up.

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  • From vallor@21:1/5 to rbowman on Wed Jan 15 01:47:33 2025
    On 15 Jan 2025 01:04:32 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in <luofsuF6gdtU3@mid.individual.net>:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/

    We're only here to help... The good news is when vallor, with his thing about kernels, builds 6.13 it won't blow up.

    And I booted the latest rc kernel just yesterday. I guess I'm
    running the dodgy Microsoft code(!).

    Pardon me, while I go boot the release Linux, 6.12.9. (Incidentally,
    I've noticed Fedora stays one release behind the current
    release -- is that on purpose?)

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to vallor on Wed Jan 15 06:13:18 2025
    On 15 Jan 2025 01:47:33 GMT, vallor wrote:

    On 15 Jan 2025 01:04:32 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in <luofsuF6gdtU3@mid.individual.net>:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/

    We're only here to help... The good news is when vallor, with his
    thing about kernels, builds 6.13 it won't blow up.

    And I booted the latest rc kernel just yesterday. I guess I'm running
    the dodgy Microsoft code(!).

    Pardon me, while I go boot the release Linux, 6.12.9. (Incidentally,
    I've noticed Fedora stays one release behind the current release -- is
    that on purpose?)

    I just got 6.12.9 with the dnf update about an hour ago. I don't know if
    there is a method in their madness. I took the Ubuntu box up to 24.04 last
    week and it's still 6.8.0. It works.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to rbowman on Wed Jan 15 08:13:35 2025
    rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/

    We're only here to help... The good news is when vallor, with his thing about kernels, builds 6.13 it won't blow up.

    The word "pulled" in the URL is... unfortunate.

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  • From vallor@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 15 14:05:45 2025
    On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:13:35 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote in <vm8ca0$2ur3p$7@dont-email.me>:

    rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/

    We're only here to help... The good news is when vallor, with his
    thing about kernels, builds 6.13 it won't blow up.

    The word "pulled" in the URL is... unfortunate.

    Indeed.

    BTW, I looked at the lkml -- CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX no
    longer autoselects for x86, but the code hasn't been removed (yet?).
    So if you're feeling dangerous, you can turn it on.

    I was running it yesterday...

    _[/home/vallor/OS/linux-6.13-rc7]_(vallor@lm)🐧_
    $ grep CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX .config
    CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX=y

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    "Have cursor, will curse."

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  • From Farley Flud@21:1/5 to rbowman on Thu Jan 16 13:27:21 2025
    On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:04:32 +0000, rbowman wrote:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/microsoft_linux_change_pulled/


    This has got to be one the shittiest articles that I have ever read.

    It has ZERO information.

    After reading this I have no idea what the fuck is going on.

    It concerns, I think, ROX or "read only executable pages" but how
    or what effect they have is never explained.

    The article is pure garbage.


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  • From Farley Flud@21:1/5 to Physfitfreak on Thu Jan 16 17:52:43 2025
    On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:29:35 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:


    "Petkov will not be the only one wondering how the change made it in without a review by the Linux x86/x86_64 maintainers."


    Moles among Linux developers, probably?


    This was also one of the Capone style methods in the 1920s to get rid of their competitors.

    Mr. Windows, it seems, is practicing it too.


    It's an ancient practice.

    Another example is if you meet an "underage" girl on the Internet it is
    very likely a police officer.




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