4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference, Atlanta

Pp. 235–246 of the Proceedings

Next: Abstract

Enhancements to the Linux Kernel for Blocking Buffer Overflow Based Attacks

Massimo Bernaschi¹ Emanuele Gabrielli² Luigi V. Mancini²

¹ Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo, CNR
Viale del Policlinico 137, 00161 Roma, Italy
massimo@iac.rm.cnr.it

²Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione
Università di Roma ``La Sapienza'', 00198 Roma, Italy
gabriell@dsi.uniroma1.it, lv.mancini@dsi.uniroma1.it

Abstract
Introduction
Problem analysis
- Privileged processes
- System calls analysis
The Access Control Database
The reference functions
Installation and Performance
Related work
Future activities
Availability
Bibliography
Appendix
- The check_rootproc function
About this document ...

This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the 4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference, Atlanta, October 10-14, 2000, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Last changed: 8 Sept. 2000 bleu

Papers Index

USENIX home