Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released With Additional Security Hardening, Zero-Copy I/O
Rust Coreutils 0.9 has been released with a focus on security hardening and additional features. The new version includes zero-copy I/O performance work and improved support for WebAssembly, Cygwin, and Windows. The release also fixes various security issues, although the pass rate against the GNU test suite has dropped to 90.4% due to updated test coverage.
- ▪Rust Coreutils 0.9 was released with a focus on delivering greater safety and security following a third-party security audit.
- ▪The new version includes zero-copy I/O performance work for the splice, tee, and pipe commands.
- ▪The release fixes various security issues and reduces the amount of unsafe Rust code used.
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Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released With Additional Security Hardening, Zero-Copy I/O Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 30 May 2026 at 01:08 PM EDT. Add A Comment Rust Coreutils 0.9 was tagged today as the latest major update to this GNU Coreutils implementation in the Rust programming language. Rust Coreutils 0.9 is up to a 90.4% pass rate against the GNU test suite! A big focus on Rust Coreutils 0.9 was on delivering greater safety and security following a third-party security audit, which was funded by Canonical as part of their Ubuntu efforts on using Rust Coreutils and hopes of 100% fully utilizing Rust Coreutils with the Ubuntu 26.10 release later in the year.
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