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> Falcon didn't break Linux at this incident because they haven't shipped a broken extension for Linux True, but they did break Linux a few months back in much

by pwg 2y ago

> Falcon didn't break Linux at this incident because they haven't shipped a broken extension for Linux True, but they did break Linux a few months back in much the same way they just broke Windows last Friday: CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/ https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-roc... But since that break didn't ground a good percentage of global air traffic, it didn't get the same press coverage as this most recent breakage.

jeroenhd 2y ago
The Linux crashes weren't quite comparable. They accidentally triggered a bug in Red Hat's kernel patches rather than write a bad driver themselves. They can wreak all kinds of havoc with bad eBPF programs, but so far they haven't as far as I know.
- Analemma_ 2y ago
  I mean from a certain POV the Linux crashes were worse. Everybody understands that buggy kernel-mode drivers can bring down the OS and it's not the OS vendor's fault, but the Linux crashes were exactly what eBPF was supposed to make impossible.