Article 5RPBW Linux 5.16 Has Early Preparations For Supporting FGKASLR

Linux 5.16 Has Early Preparations For Supporting FGKASLR

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Being worked on for more than a year by Intel and other kernel developers has been FGKASLR to enhance kernel security. While the Linux kernel has long supported Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) to make memory addresses less predictable, FGKASLR ups the security much more by placing that randomization at the function level. It's looking like FGKASLR could be mainlined soon...
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