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Chris Wright (programmer)

Chris Wright is a Linux kernel developer and CTO with Red Hat. He was the Linux kernel co-maintainer for the -stable branch with Greg Kroah-Hartman. He is involved in Linux kernel security related topics and is currently the maintainer for the LSM framework.

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Chris Wright
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Chris Wright is a Linux kernel developer and CTO with Red Hat. He was the Linux kernel co-maintainer for the -stable branch1 with Greg Kroah-Hartman.2 He is involved in Linux kernel security related topics3 and is currently the maintainer for the LSM framework.4

Wright also serves as the Chair of the OpenDaylight Project Board of Directors.5

Wright is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) at Red Hat.6

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  1. "Xen Community Spotlight". www-archive.xenproject.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. "Linux kernel Maintainers file, line 6254". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. "Linux: Reporting Kernel Security Issues | KernelTrap". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  4. "Security '02 Technical Program - Abstract". www.usenix.org.
  5. "OpenDaylight Leadership". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.
  6. "Chris Wright". www.redhat.com.