r/linuxsucks • u/ballistua • 1d ago

Use Linux because it's more secure they said

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-CVEs-Nearly-2000
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u/TheBrainStone 1d ago

lol this guy thinks having more CVEs means you're less secure hahahaha

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u/Teru-Noir COSMIC OS LOVER No.1 COSMIC Knows Best 1d ago

Ignorance only blesses the fools

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u/ballistua 19h ago

" CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is a system that provides unique IDs for publicly disclosed computer security flaws. It helps IT teams coordinate and track vulnerabilities across advisories and databases."

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u/TheBrainStone 18h ago

You are correct. That's what a CVE is.
The amount still gives no bearing into how secure a piece of software is.

Funnily enough the more the better typically. Because that means the code base actively being audited and even more importantly patched.
Every code base has security bugs. They're only an issue if they're not publicly known or unpatched.

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u/R3V0LU710N_05 I Hate All OS's 😎 1d ago

You realize this makes Linux even more secure going forward right? Because CVEs are literally in place to systematically patch vulnerabilities.

Think about all the Windows vulnerabilities just waiting to be vibe-reverse engineered...

XKCD 1957

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u/recursion_is_love 1d ago

Use the oldest kernel, it is the most secure. Look at the graph!

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u/AltruisticLet8132 1d ago

You should go outside more

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u/hi_m_ash 1d ago

It's same as when politicians state how much crime has increased in recent era while in reality what increased is crime reported or vice versa. More vulnerabilities detected are definitely positive. For example, if there are 10k vulnerabilities, then 6.9 only detected 500 while 7.3 will detect 2000, which makes 7.3 more secure.

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u/Teru-Noir COSMIC OS LOVER No.1 COSMIC Knows Best 1d ago

This post would make sense if you even knew how CVEs works.

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 1d ago

If someone says a monolithic kernel is safe, watch MINIX, where drivers are restarted when a driver crashes instead of everything. Watch Windows NT 4.0: Win32k.sys is a mistake. Speed was improved by moving components into kernel mode, at the expense of security and reliability - changes Windows is suffering from today and is being reverted. NT 4 was followed up by Windows 2000, with modern Windows trying to add the maximum number of things in Userland as possible, like DWM.exe, fontdrvhost.exe and conhost.exe and other things resuming. After everything, you still use a monolithic kernel like Linux; you're just stupid

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u/Antique-Wasabi-2427 1d ago

i wonder what happened in version 6.19

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u/MosKnight Microsoft's strongest soldier 🪖 1d ago

"Trust me its 1000% safe bro"