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Trying to get STACKLEAK into the kernel

Trying to get STACKLEAK into the kernel

[Security] Posted Sep 12, 2018 17:06 UTC (Wed) by jake

The STACKLEAK kernel security feature has been in the works for quite some time now, but has not, as yet, made its way into the mainline. That is not for lack of trying, as Alexander Popov has posted 15 separate versions of the patch set since May 2017. He described STACKLEAK and its tortuous path toward the mainline in a talk [YouTube video] at the 2018 Linux Security Summit.

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