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Apparent Git Scripting Issue Raised Concerns Of Possible Malicious Linux Kernel Activity
The Linux 6.16 merge window this weekend suffered an unexpected twist this weekend when Linus Torvalds noticed some unusual Git activity by a longtime Linux kernel developer
Unexpected Linux kernel mailing list drama came down to Linus Torvalds writing this message on Saturday after Linus Torvalds noticed a longtime developer " actively maliciously modified your tree completely. These unusual commits caught Kees by surprise as well and was to investigate while rebuilding his patches from a clean tree. The latest on the Linux kernel mailing list at the moment is that it would appear b4 trailers and git-filter-repo is to blame with the scripting Kees had written around Git and b4.
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