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Cook: seccomp filter now in Ubuntu

Cook: seccomp filter now in Ubuntu

Posted Mar 26, 2012 20:12 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Cook: seccomp filter now in Ubuntu by slashdot
Parent article: Cook: seccomp filter now in Ubuntu

BPF is a VERY simple language, it translates naturally to machine code. BPF JIT doesn't need to keep state, complex data structures and so on.

And BPF programs _by_ _design_ can not be used to attack the kernel. Simply because they don't allow arbitrary expressions, only a safe verifiable subset.


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