Linux kernel module are typically written in C and since 2021 it is also possible to write them in Rust. Ada is an interesting language in this context because it is designed for safety and ...

In the fifth part of the series Linux kernel booting process we learned about what the kernel does in its earliest stage. In the next step the kernel will initialize different things like initrd ...

Blacklisting modules prevents them from being loaded and used, and it is sometimes an important step in keeping a system running properly. The Linux kernel is modular — composed of modules that ...

Although Linux does not (yet) support this binary format, the good news is that you can learn how to write kernel modules by implementing COM support for the Linux kernel.

At the 2001 Linux Kernel Summit, NSA developers presented their work on Security-Enhanced Linux ... Instead, this article shows how easy it is to create a simple kernel module that uses the LSM ...

Operating systems drive devices. Linux is driven by open-source imperatives. So, naturally, Linux's kernel developers have a problem with closed-source kernel modules. And, just as naturally, they've ...

Doing the same with 4.15.7 and 4.14.23 works for some 3rd party modules (for instance, ZFS) but not with others, like the driver for the RTL8812au WIFI adapter (or even the host kernel extensions ...

New Linux kernel "lockdown" module to limit high-privileged users -- even root -- from tampering with some kernel functionality. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor. Contributor.