# Linux kernel compressed files have some text strings

DevFeed: [Linux kernel compressed files have some text strings](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/linux-kernel-compressed-files-have-some-text-strings-20569.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://yurichev.com/blog/linux_strings/>)

Published: 2025-10-01T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dennis Yurichev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dennis-yurichev.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-kernel.md>)

## AI overview

The article reports finding readable text strings inside compressed Linux kernel files, including ordinary words and code-like text. The author says the finding came from examining approximately 1.6 TiB of compressed files from kernel.org.

## Source excerpt

Linux kernel compressed files have some text strings