The recently announced proposal to make the Rust programming language one of two main languages for the Linux kernel is getting a major boost thanks to Google and the Internet Security Research ...

The memory safe programming language will join C and the other traditional languages developers use to create new pieces and drivers of the ubiquitous open source kernel.

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

Hi folks - I've found myself having do some socket programming in the linux kernel. (yes, yes, I know: have I thought about user space? Yes, that's where I've prototyped my code. This is a ...

LKRG: Linux to Get a Loadable Kernel Module for Runtime Integrity Checking Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel.

This article presents a cracker idea—the kernel module exploit—and shows how you can improve your system's security by using some of the same ideas and techniques. First, I will discuss the origin of ...

Eventually, when you have exhausted all the previous user space options, you will find yourself having to write a device driver to access a piece of hardware attached to your device. Character drivers ...

There's growing interest in a new type of software for Linux machines called BPF, which allows the user to run a program in the kernel and enjoy "observability super powers", according to Brendan ...

But, there is nothing to stop your code from overwriting or accessing memory locations from anywhere in the kernel's address space. Also, if your module hangs, the kernel hangs (technically, your ...