Re: [RFC][PATCH] Randomize kernel base address on boot

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue May 31 2011 - 15:51:14 EST



* Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [...] the possibility of local attackers performing cache timing
> attacks to find the kernel image location at runtime, [...]

How would these work, roughly?

Thanks,

Ingo
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