Linux Security Hardening Cache Randomization Was Inadvertently Using The Same Seed

Posted by bob on Mar 22, 2025 3:43 AM CST
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel
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Ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle a few early pull requests have already been sent in to Linus Torvalds in advance of the anticipated v6.14 release on Sunday. Among those early changes for Linux 6.15 are the SLAB allocator updates that include a fix for cache randomization with kvmalloc inadvertently being inadequate due to accidentally using the same randomization seed...

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