mox to LinuxEnglish • 3 months agoLocal Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Affecting X.Org Server For 18 Yearswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]phoronix
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minus-square@woelkchenlinkEnglish4•3 months ago major Wayland compositors are still written in C KWin is written in C++ but yes, it’s not a “safe” language. something like this isn’t too unlikely to happen again. With at least three mainstream implementations – KWin, Mutter, and wlroots – it’s highly unlikely that all would ever be equally affected by one bug.
KWin is written in C++ but yes, it’s not a “safe” language.
With at least three mainstream implementations – KWin, Mutter, and wlroots – it’s highly unlikely that all would ever be equally affected by one bug.