Memory-safe sudo to become the default in Ubuntu

May 6, 2025 · Erik Jonkers

URL: https://trifectatech.org/blog/memory-safe-sudo-to-become-the-default-in-ubuntu/

“May 6, 2025 – Ubuntu 25.10 is set to adopt sudo-rs by default.”

Ubuntu 25.10 makes sudo-rs, a Rust rewrite of sudo, the default. Some original features will never be implemented. Canonical is paying to close the gaps before the long-term release. The original sudo maintainer of 30 years is helping.