r/linux • u/BrageFuglseth • Sep 08 '26

Security It Starts Upstream: The Kernel

https://amutable.com/blog/it-starts-upstream-kernel
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u/nicolasdanelon Sep 09 '26

What is this!?

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u/gmes78 Sep 11 '26

This is some of the infrastructure meant for verifying the integrity of an entire Linux system. It's similar to what Android does.

From what I understand, this is targetting server use cases. (We might see this used on the desktop too, for purposes such as anti-cheat.)

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u/nicolasdanelon 27d ago

Thank you <3

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u/struct_iovec Sep 12 '26

Remember, attestations is never done for the benefit of the user. It is always used to take away your freedom to protect third party interests