SoK: Take a Deep Step into Linux Kernel Hardening Effectiveness from the Offensive-Defensive Perspective

This repository provides the artifacts for the paper "SoK: Take a Deep Step into Linux Kernel Hardening Effectiveness from the Offensive-Defensive Perspective".

Exploit Dataset

In the exploits directory, we provide a detailed analysis of the collected Linux kernel exploits. We break down each exploit into fine-grained steps according to its exploitation phase and evaluate whether it can bypass the relevant kernel hardening mechanisms.

Distribution Kernel Configurations

We surveyed the default kernel configurations from 10 top Linux distributions from 2023 to 2025. All relevant kernel configuration files are stored in the configs directory.