Rust will save the Linux kernel project from flood of AI-discovered security problems and already improves the kernel, but it is not a silver bullet, says Greg Kroah-Hartman (www.zdnet.com)
from HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to programming@programming.dev on 31 May 20:05
https://feddit.org/post/30607975

  • Rust will save Linux from C’s inherent security weaknesses.
  • Linux, faced with a flood of AI-discovered security problems, could use the help.
  • Going forward, more and more Linux code will be written in Rust.

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onlinepersona@programming.dev on 01 Jun 00:03 next collapse

Phoronix commentors are going to be fuming at this news. And C programmers who don’t want to learn Rust won’t like it much either.

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 01:40 collapse

The best thing is that people are 100% going to use AI to port stuff from C to Rust and fix vulenrabilities. There is so much people can be mad about, we might just see some kernel forks

ell1e@leminal.space on 01 Jun 00:59 next collapse

No worries, the amount of new slop code with hidden bugs is entering the ring to try to keep the balance and to ensure the overall security doesn’t improve by too much: neowin.net/…/linus-torvalds-declares-massive-ai-f…

HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org on 01 Jun 14:01 collapse

These are security patches for bugs found with AI tools - not AI-generated kernel code.

who@feddit.org on 01 Jun 01:26 collapse
  • He described new C “guards” and scoped locks inspired by Rust

In other words, the improved safety will sometimes come from Rust code, and sometimes from C code. The important point being that safer practices are becoming more common now that Rust has called attention to them.

jimmy90@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 06:13 collapse

improved safety will ALWAYS come from rust code and SOMETIMES come from C code with AI help or these new magical unicorn C coders that have suddenly learned how to manage memory (etc etc) now that rust has appeared

yeah right