Adding security to Linux kernel

By José Pina Miranda | November 16, 2015 | 1 min. reading time

Linus Torvalds advocates the gradual evolution of the Linux kernel according to principles such as stability, reliability and performance, and never “breaking the user space” (i.e., never causing something that a user depends on to stop working). Many experts in the security field believe that this approach to security is too passive, bordering on indifference, as the kernel of an operating system is the essential part of any device, and listed 12 Linux kernel issues that need serious attention.

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