• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    10 months ago

    Also, it’s less about “their” drivers and more about what a kernel module can do.
    Saying “there’s no way to know” doesn’t fit, because we do know that a malformed kernel module can destabilize a linux or mac system.

    “Malformed file” isn’t a programming defect or something you can fix by having a better API.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
      1·
      10 months ago

      Having the data exposed to userspace via an API would avoid having to have a kernel module at all… Which when malformed wouldn’t compromise the kernel.

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        10 months ago

        I mean, sure. But typically operating systems don’t expose that type of information to user space, instead providing a kernel interface with user mode configuration.

        It’s why they use the same basic approach on mac and Linux.