Security Upgraded For NetBSD-amd64 with Kernel ASLR Support (netbsd.org)

24 years after its release, NetBSD is getting a security upgrade -- specifically, Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). An anonymous reader writes: Support for Kernel ASLR was added on NetBSD-amd64 a few weeks ago. KASLR basically randomizes the address of the kernel, and makes it harder to exploit several classes of vulnerabilities [including privilege escalations and remote code execution]. It is still a work-in-progress, but it's already fully functional, and can be used following the instructions on this post from the NetBSD blog. It will be available starting from NetBSD 9, but may be backported to NetBSD 8 once it is stabilized.
NetBSD says they're the first BSD system to support ASLR.

Comments

systemd has had this for years

[Anonymous Coward]

it's one of the reasons Linux is being phased out. It will eventually be an app that runs inside the much more secure systemd framework.

Re: Porting NetBSD to Rust.

[Anonymous Coward]

PHP is way more popular. Why not go the popularity route? It means there are more people proficient in the language!

Ob. Homer Simpson

[TeknoHog]

Mmmm... KASLR...