Tag: Sasha Levin
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The Kernel Kill Switch: Sasha Levin’s New “Last Line of Defense” for Linux Vulnerability Mitigation
Administrators of expansive Linux fleets are being presented with an emergency “kill switch” designed to neutralize vulnerable segments of the kernel. Kernel maintainer Sasha Levin has submitted a patch titled Killswitch to the mailing lists, a mechanism that enables an administrator to temporarily compel a specific kernel function to immediately return a predefined value without…
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AI Is Now a Linux Kernel Assistant, Helping Maintainers Backport Patches
Generative AI is now assisting in selecting patches for backporting into the stable branches of Linux, including long-term support (LTS) releases. Sasha Levin, the LTS maintainer, recently advanced updates to kernel documentation regarding the permissible use of AI assistants, and judging from his mailing list posts, he has begun leveraging large language models (LLMs) to…
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NVIDIA Dev Proposes Formal AI Guidelines for Linux Kernel Contributions: “Co-Developed-By” Tag & Configs for Claude, Copilot & More
Veteran Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin, currently at NVIDIA and formerly with Google and Microsoft, has proposed the formal inclusion of guidelines for the use of AI assistants in kernel development within the official documentation. He also introduced a standardized configuration for tools such as Claude and other AI coders, which are already being actively…