OpenPaX offers open source mitigations for runtime memory safety errors, unlocking developer access to critical security features while saving companies unnecessary support costs
, /PRNewswire/ — Edera, the world’s only secure-by-design Kubernetes and AI solution, today is announcing the availability of OpenPaX. OpenPaX is an open source kernel patch that provides mitigations for common memory safety errors, re-hardening systems against application-level memory safety attacks using a simple Linux kernel patch.
It was created and is hosted by the team at Edera for the benefit of both Edera’s customers and the larger community. It’s available now under the same GPLv2 license terms as the Linux kernel.
“We are pleased to be able to bring this to the industry at large and as an integrated offering for our customers with Edera Protect,” said Ariadne Conill, distinguished engineer and co-founder at Edera and maintainer of Alpine Linux. “Until now, access to common-sense memory safety mitigations such …