22 hours ago   theregister.co.uk

Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos

Linux kernel maintainers are considering giving admins a giant red emergency button to smash the ...

16 hours ago   techradar.com

'For many such issues the simplest mitigation is to stop calling the buggy function. Killswitch provides that': Experts propose Linux kernel "killswitch" following worrying recent security issues

· Maintainers proposed a killswitch mechanism to temporarily disable vulnerable kernel functions at runtime via ...