Protected: Some notes on my Linux kernel work this year
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Author: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Gustavo A. R. Silva works full-time as an Upstream Linux Kernel Engineer focused on hardening and proactive security. Over the past several years, he’s been hunting down and fixing all sorts of bugs and issues in the Linux kernel, as well as implementing hardening features. Gustavo's kernel work is supported by The Linux Foundation, and he is a member of the Kernel Self-Protection Project. He is a regular speaker at Kernel Recipes and has also presented his work at conferences such as Linux Security Summit, LinuxCon, Lund LinuxCon, Linux Plumbers and Everything Open. Additionally, Gustavo has been an invited speaker at SSTIC.
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