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> Apple, Microsoft, FreeBSD, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and other Linux distros. Just to clarify, this is kernel code. Listing 3 different (+ "other") Linux
by hannob 8y ago
> Apple, Microsoft, FreeBSD, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and other Linux distros.
Just to clarify, this is kernel code. Listing 3 different (+ "other") Linux distros as affected is kinda bogus, it's not that they all made the same mistake, they just all use the same kernel.
- sxcurry 8y agoAlso, Apple and Microsoft are not an “OS”. This is a poorly written article unfortunately.
- confounded 8y agoMany of them use different versions of the same underlying Linux kernel, sometimes put together in different ways.
- tedunangst 8y agoIt seems improbable that there are multiple ways of putting together the kernel's handling of mov ss.
- acdha 8y agoAs an example, Red Hat doesn’t ship major kernel upgrades except with major releases. If you’re running RHEL 6, you’re still on a 2.6 kernel and the fact that someone patched 4.x probably doesn’t help you all that much unless you have the time to backport the change and confirm that it doesn’t break something else.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoNot necessarily, maybe they all contributed their own (incorrect) fixes?