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Linux Foundation

Progress on Bounds Checking in C and the Linux Kernel

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This talk explains how modern C flexible array members and compiler object-size tracking can improve bounds checking in the Linux kernel. It covers applying these features to FORTIFY_SOURCE and sanitizers to prevent heap buffer overflows.

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Progress On Bounds Checking in C and the Linux Kernel - Kees Cook, Google & Gustavo A.R. Silva

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