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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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If all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe? (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

There are lots of things the Kernel controls that can have non security related bugs, e.g. controller with the wrong mapping https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9131f8cc2b4eaf7c08d402243429e0bfba9aa0d6

It's a wild assumption to claim "All bugs in the Linux kernel are security issues", without any backing, whoever is making that claim needs to provide evidence since the default position for any program is that there are bugs that are not security issues.