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How do you expect to swap out your kernel without restarting your machine?

• sintax 2y ago
  Don't know about apple, but on linux you can live patch a running kernel with security updates (kpatch/ksplice/...).
  • saagarjha 2y ago
    Right, which means that an attacker can trick your kernel into patching itself to do something malicious.
    • dizhn 2y ago
      And automatic periodical reboots give hackers the piece they were missing. :)