Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMicrosoft points finger at the EU for not being able to lock down Windowswww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down19
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minus-squarenevemsenki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoCrowdstrike managed to fuck up Linux through eBPF just as well. https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7068083 If you load hacky shit into the kernel it can always find a way to make a nasty surprise. eBPF is a little bit better fence, not some miracle that automatically fixes shitty code.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoBut these eBPF loader bugs are fixed now. Windows drivers are still causing BSODs and will continue to do so until Microsoft adopts eBPF.
Crowdstrike managed to fuck up Linux through eBPF just as well.
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7068083
If you load hacky shit into the kernel it can always find a way to make a nasty surprise. eBPF is a little bit better fence, not some miracle that automatically fixes shitty code.
But these eBPF loader bugs are fixed now. Windows drivers are still causing BSODs and will continue to do so until Microsoft adopts eBPF.
🤦♂️