Linux distribution fix vulnerabilities in shared libraries all the time.
Imagine statically linking openssl having to rebuild tenths of thousands of packages every time there's an update!
Imagine statically linking openssl having to rebuild tenths of thousands of packages every time there's an update!
I worked these systems in various large organization and distros. We did the math.
On top of that, delivering frequent very large updates to deployed systems is very difficult in a lot of environments.