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Re: The Security Circus Continues

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: The Security Circus Continues
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In comp.os.linux.misc Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:
> The security circus continues... (what else can it do?)
> 
> Kernel 6.11 has added yet more security garbage:
> 
> SLAB_BUCKETS
[snip]
> Like who/what the fuck will ever attempt that on my personal
> desktop workstation?
> 
> Just say "No."  Keep your fucking security hallucinations off
> of my fucking machine.

Well it looks like you can say no. It's optional, so just build a
kernel without it. Or try to talk your distro maintainer into
disabling it in their build if you don't want to do that.

CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS
https://www.kernelconfig.io/CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS?kernelversion=6.11&arch=x86

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The Security Circus Continues Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2024-09-18 10:32 +0000
  Re: The Security Circus Continues not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-09-19 07:33 +1000
    Re: The Security Circus Continues Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-09-18 22:08 +0000

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