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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192
The SUSE operating system must implement kptr-restrict to prevent the leaking of internal kernel addresses.
The SUSE operating system must implement kptr-restrict to prevent the leaking of internal kernel addresses.
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The SUSE operating system must implement kptr-restrict to prevent the leaking of internal kernel addresses.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations that are prohibited. Security safeguards employed to protect memory include, for example, data execution prevention and address space layout randomization. Data execution prevention safeguards can either be hardware-enforced or software-enforced, with hardware providing the greater strength of mechanism. Examples of attacks are buffer overflow attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>