Linux 7.0: Rust Is Real Now, XFS Heals Itself, and AI Broke the Merge Window
Linux 7.0 dropped yesterday. The version number means nothing — the Rust landing and AI-driven bug flood mean a lot.
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mquire: Linux Memory Forensics Without the Symbol Dependency Hell
Trail of Bits drops a memory forensics tool that doesn't require debug symbols — because production kernels don't have them and reality is unkind.
Your Anti-Cheat Is a Rootkit (And It Loads Before Your OS)
Vanguard boots before Windows does. BattlEye hooks syscalls. A 2024 academic paper confirmed what everyone suspected: kernel anti-cheats are rootkits, just ones you agreed to install.
Linux 7.0: Linus Ran Out of Toes and Now Rust Lives There
The kernel hits a cosmetic milestone while the Rust-vs-C war reaches an uneasy armistice.