Another look at two Linux KASLR patches
A fast pseudorandom generator for KASLR A recent patchset proposed for the Linux KASLR randomizes not only the kernel base address, but also reorders every function at boot time. As such, it no longer suffices to leak an arbitrary kernel function pointer, or so the logic goes. Along with this patchset came a custom random number generator intended to be as fast as possible, so as to keep the boot time overhead at a minimum: