<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP" class="u-url mention">@<span>thelinuxEXP</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@bouncing" class="u-url mention">@<span>bouncing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@breiter" class="u-url mention">@<span>breiter</span></a></span> it's trivially possible to create a Linux kmod that renders a system unusable. the only difference is that Linux has no concept of "boot-start" drivers like Windows does; but that's arguably a disadvantage for security.</p><p>the main difference is that Linux has eBPF for code that needs kernel privilege but shouldn't ever introduce system instability; but we do still have traditional security kmods, like SELinux</p>