In the aftermath of the CrowdStrike bug, numerous Windows PCs experienced the dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD), affecting approximately 8.5 million machines, sparking criticism over the instability of the Windows operating system.
The high profile nature of CrowdStrike has led to a resurgence in uncovering old bugs from the past, resulting in Linux machines experiencing similar kernel panic issues. This incident has been documented in the Red Hat Knowledge Base in June 2024, following an update to CrowdStrike’s software Falcon Sensor, leading to kernel panic occurrences in RHEL version 9.4 (including Rocky Linux 9.4 stemming from the same source).
Aside from the Red Hat side, reports have also surfaced on Hacker News regarding issues with Debian Stable in April 2024, with CrowdStrike representatives acknowledging it as a genuine bug stemming from insufficient testing on their end.
Source – Neowin
TLDR: CrowdStrike bug causes widespread BSOD on Windows PCs, while Linux machines experience kernel panic, leading to acknowledgments of issues from Red Hat and Debian Stable in 2024.
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