The NSA, the original primary developer of SELinux, released the first version to the open source development community under the GNU GPL on December 22, 2000.[6] The software was merged into the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.0-test3, released on 8 August 2003. Other significant contributors include Red Hat, Network Associates, Secure Computing Corporation, Tresys Technology, and Trusted Computer Solutions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux

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    1 day ago

    So, how many backdoors do you think they implemented into the kernel?

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      23 hours ago

      None

      There are always exploits to be used. Also there isn’t a lot of use in kernel specific exploits