A patch posted on Thursday by one of Intel's long-time Linux kernel engineers would begin treating outdated Intel CPU microcode as a security vulnerability that would be reported to user-space via the existing sysfs vulnerabilities reporting.www.phoronix.com
How about a Linux Patch that reports binary blobs wirh no source AS __ Security Vulnerabilities __
Or are we not allowed to criticize the back doors that hackers gain access to.
The kernel compilation is already configurable between megabytes and gigabyte+
Distros pick their featureset
Sounds like that would be outdated for everyone without a rolling distro.