Gidauniyar Linux ta sanar da cewa Google ya ba da kudade don aiki don kiyaye hanyoyin tsaro a cikin kwaya na Linux da kuma karfafa tsaro na kwaya. Gustavo Silva da Nathan Chancellor za su yi aiki na cikakken lokaci.
An san Nathan da aikinsa na tabbatar da cewa an gina kernel na Linux ta amfani da Clang compiler da kuma haɗa hanyoyin kariya na lokaci-lokaci kamar CFI (Control Flow Integrity) cikin ginin. Ayyukan Nathan na gaba a mataki na farko zai mayar da hankali kan kawar da duk kurakurai da suka tashi lokacin amfani da Clang / LLVM, da kuma aiwatar da tsarin haɗin kai na ci gaba don gwada gine-ginen Clang. Da zarar an warware abubuwan da aka sani, aikin zai fara ƙara ƙarin kayan haɓaka tsaro da mai tara Clang ya bayar zuwa kernel.
Gustavo yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun mahalarta a cikin aikin KSPP (Kernel Self Protection Project) don haɓaka fasahar kariya mai aiki a cikin kwaya ta Linux. Babban aikin Gustavo shine kawar da wasu nau'o'in ɓarkewar ɓarna ta hanyar maye gurbin duk misalan tsararrun da ke da tsayin sifili ko kuma sun ƙunshi kashi ɗaya kawai tare da sanarwar tsararru marar girma (Member Array M). Bugu da kari, Gustavo zai shiga cikin gyara kurakurai a cikin lambar kafin ya shiga cikin babban ɓangaren kwaya, da haɓaka hanyoyin kariya masu aiki a cikin kwaya.
source: budenet.ru