Being new to FreeBSD and more familiar with Linux I was wondering if the Dirty Cow vulnerability was possibly an example of the difference in development between the two OS communities.
From what I have read Linus was aware of this vulnerability and patched it ~11 years ago. Then another commit removed or broke the fix until now since 2007.
Dirty Cow
Even as a Linux fan and new to FreeBSD one has to wonder how does such a known vulnerability re-enter the code base for 9 years. The more that comes out about this vulnerability the more I want to learn about FreeBSD and consider migrating my services to it.
From what I have read Linus was aware of this vulnerability and patched it ~11 years ago. Then another commit removed or broke the fix until now since 2007.
Dirty Cow
Even as a Linux fan and new to FreeBSD one has to wonder how does such a known vulnerability re-enter the code base for 9 years. The more that comes out about this vulnerability the more I want to learn about FreeBSD and consider migrating my services to it.