[$] Progress on toolchain security features Over the years, there has been steady progress in adding security features to compilers and other tools to assist with hardening the Linux kernel (and, of course, other programs). In something of a tradition in the <a href="https://lpc.events/event/18/sessions/180/#20240918" rel="nofollow">toolchains track</a> at the <a href="https://linuxplumbersconf.org" rel="nofollow">Linux Plumbers Conference</a>, Kees Cook and Qing Zhao have led a session on that progress and further plans; this year, they were joined by Justin Stitt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68PZz_9cPms ). https://lwn.net/Articles/996344/