Unfortunately for kernel developers, allocating memory in the kernel is not as simple as allocating memory in user space. A number of factors contribute to the complication, among them: The kernel is ...

Alibaba Cloud has developed a new cluster management system called Eigen+ that achieved a 36% improvement in memory allocation efficiency while eliminating Out of Memory (OOM) errors in production ...

Researchers from the Graz University of Technology have discovered a way to convert a limited heap vulnerability in the Linux kernel into a malicious memory writes capability to demonstrate novel ...