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Linux Kernel Security and Quality Improved Dramatically in Last Six Months, New Coverity Study Finds |
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Source: PRNewswire - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Coverity, Inc., makers of the
world's most advanced and scalable source code analysis solution today
announced results from a new study on the security and quality of the Linux
kernel. Six months ago Coverity analyzed Linux kernel 2.6.9, the same version
used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, and found six potentially critical
defects in the core filesystem and networking code. Today's findings on the
newest Linux kernel 2.6.12 show that all critical defects have been fixed.
"Coverity has worked with the kernel community to help identify a number
of longstanding correctness and security issues with the kernel," said
Andrew Morton, lead kernel maintainer of the 2.6 Linux kernel. "Version 2.6.12
of the Linux kernel incorporates numerous fixes relative to version 2.6.9
which have resulted from Coverity's analysis. I appreciate the fact that
Coverity is able to determine that the kernel is free from several classes of
error and that we have the means to avoid such errors creeping into the kernel
in the future."
Read this full article at PRNewswire
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