Solid and Secure Services with Linux by KernelTLV 2017

Silence of the Canaries Named after coal mine canaries, this technique can help protect your kernel from buffer overflow attempts. Gil Yankovitch demystifies this poorly-understood technique, its tradeoffs and how it relates to userspace. We will talk about: Calling conventions GCC canary implementation Canaries in Linux Various tradeoffs you can make Speaker: Gil Yankovitch CEO, Chief Security Researcher at Nyx Software Security Solutions, Has 8 years of experience with software security and embedded security research including secure software development and vulnerability research, both Kernel and User.

Organizer: Nyx Software Security Solutions