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| RODATA on by default, arm64 | |||
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| RODATA on by default, arm (ARMv7+) | |||
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| RODATA mandatory, x86 | |||
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Revision as of 22:41, 5 May 2016
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 | |
| 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 |