[GIT PULL] KEYS: changes for v7.4-rc1

Linus Torvalds torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Thu Oct 22 20:06:56 UTC 2026


On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 04:22, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> A patch that Kyle Zeng submitted addresses a critical bug [..]

Note that breaking local KASLR is not a "critical bug". We just call
it "Thursday".

Breaking KASRL locally is trivial using just all the normal local CPU
timing attacks.

KASLR is there to make remote attacks harder.

               Linus



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