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Story: Researcher: Operating systems inherently flawed

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It helps to have the drivers' source code available to study.

The goal for all Linux drivers is (theoretically) to become merged with the main kernel sources, at which point their code is subjected to exactly the same scrutiny as the rest of the kernel's code. I think that the real risk being described by this article is from *closed source* third party drivers, rather than third party drivers in general. (*cough* NVidia.)

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