Abstract

Here we consider the mechanism for freelist hardening incorporated into the Linux kernel in April 2020, corresponding to the configuration parameter CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED. We are motivated by the following question: does this mechanism deter a real-world attacker?

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