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Cook: security things in Linux v5.5

([Security] May 27, 2020 21:19 UTC (Wed) (ris))


Kees Cook [1]takes a look some changes improving security in Linux 5.5. Topics include restrict perf_event_open() from LSM, generic fast full refcount_t , linker script cleanup for exception tables, KASLR for 32-bit PowerPC, seccomp for RISC-V, and more.



[1] https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2020/05/27/security-things-in-linux-v5-5/

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