Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities: State-of-the-Art Defenses and Open Problems

Avoiding kernel vulnerabilities is critical to achieving security of many systems, because the kernel is often part of the trusted computing base. This paper evaluates the current state-of-the-art with respect to kernel protection techniques, by presenting two case studies of Linux kernel vulnerabil...

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Main Authors: Chen, Haogang, Mao, Yandong, Wang, Xi, Zhou, Dong, Zeldovich, Nickolai, Kaashoek, M. Frans
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73008
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-2703
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-1686
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-586X