From 96b74018f33c91103f4d07c81a29c75fc0906589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:17:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Address space randomization --- entries/address_space_randomization.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 entries/address_space_randomization.txt diff --git a/entries/address_space_randomization.txt b/entries/address_space_randomization.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3858c9e --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/address_space_randomization.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +address space randomization + +The practice or randomly changing the layout of memory so as to avoid exploits +which simply poke some value to a fixed memory offset. Used by the Linux kernel +for hardening security against exploitation. \ No newline at end of file