The research method used raised serious concerns in the Linux Kernel community and, as of today, this has resulted in the University being banned from contributing to the Linux Kernel.
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Leadership in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering learned today about the details of research being conducted by one of its faculty members and graduate students into the security of the Linux Kernel.pic.twitter.com/QE9rrAyyMX
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We take this situation extremely seriously. We have immediately suspended this line of research. We will investigate the research method & the process by which this research method was approved, determine appropriate remedial action, & safeguard against future issues, if needed.
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We will report our findings back to the community as soon as practical. Sincerely, Mats Heimdahl, Department Head Loren Terveen, Associate Department Head
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Please fire the professor and suspend the student.
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Little harsh & tbh probably unjustified.
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At the very least, it sounds like the IEEE paper was not the product of ethical research and should be retracted.
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You know what this looks like? Someone needed to fill some pages and decided to increase the amount of malicious commits to have some meat pages also to dramatize the findings. This conflicted with the reporting requirement of ethics waiver, so they decided to throw it out alltgr
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