Linux kCFI/FineIBT Weaknesses Addressed By Rewriting Some Assembly In C Ahead of the Linux 6.5-rc2 release tomorrow there was a set of x86/x86_64 kernel changes merged overnight to deal with some weaknesses in the kernel's Control Flow Integrity (kCFI) / FineIBT ( Indirect Branch Tracking ) code.…
Nitrux Devs Make It Easier to Upgrade Your Immutable Nitrux OS Installations Nitrux Update Tool System (NUTS) command-line utility is now available for Nitrux users and it can also perform rollbacks.…
PyPI Open-Source Code Repository Deals with Manic Malware Maelstrom Public source code repositories, from Sourceforge to GitHub , from the Linux Kernel Archives to ReactOS.org , from PHP Packagist to the Python Package Index , better known as PyPI , are a fantastic source (sorry!) of free operating systems,…
New Patches Aim To Tackle Linux x86_64 PIE Support Going back years there has been patches for allowing the Linux x86_64 kernel to build as Position Independent Executable (PIE) code to further enhance the system security. Antgroup engineers most recently have been tackling the Linux x86_64 PIE support and…