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| vdso ASLR fix | | vdso ASLR fix, x86_64 | ||
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| RODATA mandatory, x86 | | RODATA mandatory, x86 | ||
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|rowspan="5"| v4.7 | |||
| LoadPin LSM | |||
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| KASLR text, MIPS | |||
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| SLAB freelist ASLR | |||
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| brk ASLR weakness fixed, arm64 compat | |||
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| eBPF JIT blinding | |||
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|rowspan="11"| v4.8 | |||
| SLUB freelist ASLR | |||
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| KASLR text phys/virt split, x86_64 | |||
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| KASLR memory, x86_64 | |||
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| gcc-plugin infrastructure | |||
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| fix _etext, arm | |||
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| fix _etext, arm64 | |||
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| HARDENED_USERCOPY lkdtm tests | |||
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| KASLR with hibernation, x86 | |||
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| seccomp vs ptrace fixed | |||
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| HARDENED_USERCOPY | |||
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| NX stack and heap, mips | |||
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|rowspan="6"| v4.9 | |||
| latent_entropy plugin | |||
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| vmap stack, x86 | |||
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| thread_info in task_struct, x86 | |||
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| random_page() cleanup | |||
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| RODATA mandatory, arm64 | |||
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| user_ns restrictions | |||
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|rowspan="7"| v4.10 | |||
| CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST hardening | |||
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| PAN emulation, arm64 v8.0 | |||
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| thread_info in task-struct, arm64 | |||
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| get_user zeroing fix, arm | |||
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| report nnp | |||
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| seed RNG from UEFI | |||
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| CONFIG_DEBUG_WX, arm64 | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:02, 26 April 2017
This is a list of various interesting security features since v3.4 and when they were introduced in the upstream kernel. Feel free to add anything more!
| Version | Feature |
|---|---|
| v3.5 | seccomp-bpf, x86 |
| v3.7 | PXN, arm64 |
| v3.8 | seccomp-bpf, arm |
| seccomp reported in /proc/$pid/status | |
| finit_module syscall and LSM hook | |
| v3.13 | remove %n from printf |
| v3.14 | ptdump, arm |
| kaslr, x86 | |
| modules ro/nx, arm | |
| stack-protector-strong | |
| kexec_load_disabled | |
| v3.15 | seccomp-bpf, mips |
| lkdtm WRITE_KERN | |
| module aslr, x86 | |
| v3.16 | harden sysctl writing |
| v3.17 | seccomp syscall and TSYNC |
| request_firmware LSM hook | |
| v3.18 | kernel memory W^X, x86 |
| overlayfs v3.18 | |
| v3.19 | kernel ro/nx, arm |
| modules ro/nx, arm64 | |
| ptdump, arm64 | |
| seccomp-bpf, arm64 | |
| PXN, arm | |
| crypto- module prefixing | |
| ecryptfs one-byte heap write fix | |
| arm64 mmap ASLR fix | |
| vdso ASLR fix, x86_64 | |
| vsyscall=none, x86_64 | |
| vdso ASLR, mips | |
| v4.0 | kernel ro/nx, arm64 |
| stack ASLR fix | |
| seccomp-bpf, RET_ERRNO capped to 4095 | |
| v4.1 | kernel stack buffer overflow detection, mips |
| INET_DIAG cookies fixed | |
| ET_DYN ASLR separate from mmap ASLR | |
| v4.3 | PAN emulation, arm |
| ambient capabilities | |
| seccomp-bpf, powerpc | |
| x86_32 direct socket calls | |
| v4.4 | vsyscall CONFIG |
| v4.5 | ASLR entropy bits sysctl |
| v4.6 | KASLR, arm64 |
| RODATA on by default, arm64 | |
| RODATA on by default, arm (ARMv7+) | |
| RODATA mandatory, x86 | |
| v4.7 | LoadPin LSM |
| KASLR text, MIPS | |
| SLAB freelist ASLR | |
| brk ASLR weakness fixed, arm64 compat | |
| eBPF JIT blinding | |
| v4.8 | SLUB freelist ASLR |
| KASLR text phys/virt split, x86_64 | |
| KASLR memory, x86_64 | |
| gcc-plugin infrastructure | |
| fix _etext, arm | |
| fix _etext, arm64 | |
| HARDENED_USERCOPY lkdtm tests | |
| KASLR with hibernation, x86 | |
| seccomp vs ptrace fixed | |
| HARDENED_USERCOPY | |
| NX stack and heap, mips | |
| v4.9 | latent_entropy plugin |
| vmap stack, x86 | |
| thread_info in task_struct, x86 | |
| random_page() cleanup | |
| RODATA mandatory, arm64 | |
| user_ns restrictions | |
| v4.10 | CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST hardening |
| PAN emulation, arm64 v8.0 | |
| thread_info in task-struct, arm64 | |
| get_user zeroing fix, arm | |
| report nnp | |
| seed RNG from UEFI | |
| CONFIG_DEBUG_WX, arm64 |