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Day: May 11, 2026

cfm kernsec — Kernel Attack Surface Reduction for Linux

11/05/2026 by chris

Part of the CFM server security platform. This post covers what kernsec does, how it works, how to use it, and how it relates to the Linux kernel’s proposed Killswitch primitive. The problem it solves A stock AlmaLinux or CloudLinux install ships with a running kernel that supports hundreds of subsystems almost no hosting server … Read more

Categories cfm, security Tags cfm, kernel, kernsec, security

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