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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Root access vulnerability in glibc library impacts many Linux distros (securityaffairs.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

You are probably confusing the glibc with gcc and g++. Glibc is an implementation of the C standard library, made by GNU (thats where the g in the name comes from).

If you were to look into it, it uses the syscalls to tell the underlying computer system what to do when you call functions, such as printf.

If you want to read more, see here