Shrinking Linux Attack Surfaces

Posted by bob on Jul 19, 2019 10:25 AM EDT
Linux Journal; By Zack Brown
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Often, a kernel developer will try to reduce the size of an attack surface against Linux, even if it can't be closed entirely. It's generally a toss-up whether such a patch makes it into the kernel. Linus Torvalds always prefers security patches thatreally close a hole, rather than just give attackers a slightly harder time of it.

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