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exDM69 on Sept 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the Linux kernel is hardly at risk

Not without going through a quite extensive review process and then finally getting signed off (with a crypto signature) by several people.

It's not entirely impossible but there are far more easier ways of getting malware out there.

gnosis on Sept 1, 2011 [–]

The ultimate goal might not be to simply get malware out there per se, but to discredit Linux's reputation as a secure OS.

If that is the case, going to extra trouble to infect Linux kernel source may well be worth it for the attackers.

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