Linux 6.6 Adding Randomized Kmalloc Caches For Further System Hardening

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Linux 6.6 Adding Randomized Kmalloc Caches For Further System Hardening

29 August 2023, 11:30 AM

Phoronix: Linux 6.6 Adding Randomized Kmalloc Caches For Further System Hardening

To help harden the Linux kernel from memory vulnerabilities and in particular heap spraying, set to be merged into the Linux 6.6 kernel is optional support for randomized slab caches for kmalloc() calls...

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