[CFP] Mitigating Hackers With Hardening on Linux – An Overview for Developers, Focus on BoF

[Kaiwan N Billimoria]

Hi all,

A talk proposal for the upcoming Kernel Meetup Blr, 26 April 2025!

Title: Mitigating Hackers With Hardening on Linux – An Overview for
Developers, Focus on BoF
Format: Regular talk / Tutorial
Audience: Beginner onward

Abstract:
Modern society is largely info-driven; embedded/IoT products based on
our beloved Linux OS thrive! Unfortunately, there's a huge gap in the
security posture of many end-products. Hackers currently have a field
day!

This session helps you understand why/where software vulnerabilities
exist, while programming and after, what Linux app/OS Hardening
techniques one can deploy, what tools and methodologies help mitigate
security issues.

The session is heavily biased toward developers working on (embedded)
Linux systems using the 'C' programming language, for both application
(user) and kernel-space (drivers, custom features), and the security
challenges faced by them.

The tutorial consists of 3 parts:
Part 1: Security and Hacking Intro (very brief)
Part 2: Deep(er) dive into (some) software vulnerabilities, their root
causes; CPU ABI basics geared to understanding the process / thread
stack layout; understanding the BoF attack vector
Part 3: Modern OS Hardening Countermeasures (Linux), for both
userspace apps and the kernel.

Time permitting, to make these discussions practical, a quick
code-level demo of a simple BoF vuln on an ARM VM / hardware board
will be performed (with all relevant code & docs provided on GitHub).
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Speaker - Brief Bio:
Kaiwan is a pretty much career-long Linux developer, trainer, author
and enthusiast. He started his Linux journey around 1997 and hasn’t
looked back. Along the way, he has helped via corporate training, both
in-country and internationally, and has (as of now) written five books
on Linux systems domain topics.
Kaiwan's Amazon Author page:
https://amazon.com/author/kaiwanbillimoria .


Thanks and regards,
Kaiwan.

Kaiwan N Billimoria
Founder, kaiwanTECH (Designer Graphics)
https://bit.ly/m/kaiwan

[Geetika M]

+1

Thanks & Regards,

Geetika M.

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[Vikrant Sugandhi]

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Thanks and Regards,

Vikrant Sugandhi

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Vikrant Sugandhi

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[Shivani Khurana]

Do we need to enroll somewhere? and can i get the address?

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[Aditya Nagesh]

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[Pankaj Pandey]

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[sidhu jayagond]

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[Sudipta Pandit]

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[Aditya Gupta (Personal)]

On 25/03/25 12:30, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A talk proposal for the upcoming Kernel Meetup Blr, 26 April 2025!
>
> Title: Mitigating Hackers With Hardening on Linux – An Overview for
> Developers, Focus on BoF

+1.


Thanks

- Aditya G

[Sumit Semwal]

Hello Shivani,

Thank you for your interest.

Currently we are in the call for proposal stage. For attendees, more details will follow in some time.

Thanks and regards,

Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Senior Tech Lead - Android, Platforms and Virtualisation
Linaro.org │ Arm Solutions at Light Speed

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