Linux kernel module are typically written in C and since 2021 it is also possible to write them in Rust. Ada is an interesting language in this context because it is designed for safety and ...

Why I've made this project : I wanna avoid the usage of ptrace that logs when attaching, writing or reading memory from process. I've made the kernel module and use IOCTL to communicate with it from ...

If you have been for (or against) Rust in the Linux kernel, get ready for a Linux kernel module written in… Scratch. That’s right. Scratch, the MIT-developed language with blocks popular for teaching ...

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 ...

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One amazing thing about Linux is that the same code base is used for a different range of computing systems, from supercomputers to very tiny embedded devices. If you stop for a second and think about ...

At the 2001 Linux Kernel Summit, NSA developers presented their work on Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and emphasized the need for enhanced security support in the main Linux kernel. In the ensuing ...