Microsoft is on Linux-distros security list now

Recently, Microsoft announced that its Linux instance running on its Azure server has surpassed Windows 10. It’s no surprise that Microsoft to become one of the most important members of the “Linux Distribution Security List.” It is reported that Linux-distros security list is a closed list of security issues that have not yet been released so that enterprises can discuss and specify repair strategies.

The list currently includes developers from FreeBSD, NetBSD, and most of the major Linux distributors including Canonical, Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, and cloud Linux vendors such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle.

As a new Linux distributor, Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin spoke on behalf of Microsoft:

“Microsoft has decades long history of addressing security issues via [the Microsoft Security Response Center] MSRC. While we are able to quickly (<1-2 hours) create a build to address disclosed security issues, we require extensive testing and validation before we make these builds public. Being members of this mailing list would provide us the additional time we need for extensive testing.”

“The Linux usage on our cloud has surpassed Windows, as a by-product of that MSRC has started receiving security reports of issues with Linux code both from users and vendors. It’s also the case that issues that are common for Windows and Linux (like those speculative hardware bugs).”

Via: mspoweruser