RE: plumbers talk on kCFI, BTI, & IBT?

From: Moreira, Joao
Date: Wed Apr 20 2022 - 19:29:10 EST


Putting Rick into this loop! He is in charge of handling kernel support for user-space IBT.

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From: Moreira, Joao
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 10:55 AM
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>; Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@xxxxxxx>; clang-built-linux <llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Poimboe, Josh <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: plumbers talk on kCFI, BTI, & IBT?

Sounds good. I'll do my best to be around.

Tks,
Joao

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From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 2:28 PM
To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>; Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Moreira, Joao <joao.moreira@xxxxxxxxx>; Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@xxxxxxx>; clang-built-linux <llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Poimboe, Josh <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: plumbers talk on kCFI, BTI, & IBT?

Hi Sami, Peter, Joao, and Mark,
Jose and I are currently in the planning process to put together a
Kernel+Toolchain microconference track at Linux Plumbers Conference
this year (Sept 12-14) in Dublin, Ireland. Would you all be interested in a session on Control Flow Integrity in the kernel?
Mitigations in hardware, software, or both might be of interest to discuss more in person?
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers