Security modules watch the rest of the Linux system for intruders, but if they're dynamically loadable, qui custodiet ipsos custodes?

The dynamic kernel module support (DKMS) framework should be viewed as a prime example of this. DKMS, a system designed to help Dell Computer Corporation distribute fixes to its customers in a ...

I have some questions.1A) Is it an absolute necessity to compile kernels with module support? 1B) Would this cause issues later if I remove module support?2A) Are there any advantages to having ...

The main problem with static linking is that the kernel system call interface is in itself a dynamic binding, but it is too low-level.

Static analysis can construct an over-approximated syscall list, but the list contains many false positives. In this paper, a systematic dependent syscall analysis approach, sysverify, is proposed by ...