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pwning.systems
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pwning.systems is a personal blog at pwning.systems about security and systems. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “An introduction to Kernel Exploitation Part 1: pwning.systems”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a post on variant analysis, which is cited as an example of CodeQL being used on the Linux kernel and on Chrome.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about my security research
Most-linked posts?
- An introduction to Kernel Exploitation Part 1: pwning.systems2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-11
- Variant Analysis of the ‘Sequoia’ Bug2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-03
- A tale of a simple Apple kernel bug2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-31
- I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-28
What Hacker News says?
A comparable, powerful system (CodeQL) was used recently on the kernel[1] and Chrome. You can learn more about it here: https://codeql.github.com/docs/codeql-overview/about-codeql/ (disclosure: I work at GH on CQL) [1] https://pwning.systems/posts/sequoia-variant-analysis/
Comment linking /posts/sequoia-variant-analysis/
on “Glean – System for collecting, deriving and querying facts about source code”Submitted I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis as a story · 302 points
HN discussionSubmitted Escaping privileged containers for fun as a story · 112 points
HN discussionSubmitted PHP filter_var shenanigans as a story · 65 points
HN discussionSubmitted I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Introduction to Linux Kernel Exploitation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Variant Analysis of the ‘Sequoia’ Bug as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An introduction to Kernel Exploitation Part 1: pwning.systems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting Up a Kernel Debugging Environment (2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A tale of a simple Apple kernel bug as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Discovering a simple Apple kernel bug as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A story about an Apple and two fetches as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An introduction to Kernel Exploitation Part 1 as a story · 1 points
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