TECH NEWS
'For many such issues the simplest mitigation is to stop calling the buggy function. Killswitch provides that': Experts propose Linux kernel "killswitch" following worrying recent security issues
* Maintainers proposed a killswitch mechanism to temporarily disable vulnerable kernel functions at runtime via securityfs * The feature aims to mitigate high‑severity flaws like Copy Fail and Dirty Frag until patches arrive, though it risks system instability * It’s under community review, positioned as a stopgap measure—not a replacement
