AMD Open-Source GPU Kernel Driver Above 5 Million Lines, Entire Linux Kernel At 34.8 Million ( www.phoronix.com )

goo , 10 months ago

Definitely some backdoors right in there.

justastranger , 10 months ago

It’s open source. If there were backdoors people would’ve noticed.

Imacat , 10 months ago

Open source code isn’t immune to exploits. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.

The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a vulnerability and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s 0 day.

justastranger , 10 months ago

You’re talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing.

Imacat , 10 months ago

Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.

The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor.

Better?