Re: virtualization

Pavel Labushev <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.hardened
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 02:14:25 +0300
Alex Efros <[email protected]> wrote:

> Good news!
> VirtualBox now works with hardened kernel if these options are disabled:
>   [ ] Enforce non-executable kernel pages
>   [ ] Randomize kernel stack base

I wouldn't call such news good. KERNEXEC, especially on x86_64, plays a
big role in protecting the kernel from both local and remote attacks.
KVM doesn't require such arguable compromises (no pun intended).
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