Just started w/Linux Kernel (Beginner)

[Benjamin Selormey]

Thanks for the info and the read. I don’t have the git tree set up yet, I’ll work on that as well.

> On Nov 24, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:58:24 +0000, Benjamin Selormey said:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I’m a newbie with Linux kernel and I l want to contribute in security research of  the Linux Kernel.
> 
> A newbie? Go and read https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2017-April/017765.html
> and Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst in your git tree.
> 
> You *do* have a git tree of some appropriate kernel, right? If not, fix that deficiency. :)
> 
>> I am interested in memory management and devices communication with the kernel. Does anyone have a starter project in mind I can start with?
> 
> Hmm.  Security and memory management? The obvious place to start is to go and
> look at all the since-patched cases of vma splits and merges abused for
> exploits. Google for 'vma bug linux'.  Read, understand, and look for other
> similar issues. Note that you'll probably need to understand in sufficient
> depth that you can write at least a PoC (proof of concept) exploit that
> demonstrates the problem.
> 
> Note that you may have trouble finding anything, most of the obvious cases got
> pointed out by Solar Designer and Brad Spengler a decade or more ago.
>