Linux Kernel Debugging and Security (LFD440)

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• Kernel Features
• Monitoring and Debugging
• The proc Filesystem **
• kprobes
• Ftrace
• Perf
• Crash
• Kernel Core Dumps
• Virtualization**
• QEMU
• Linux Kernel Debugging Tools
• Embedded Linux**
• Notifiers**
• CPU Frequency Scaling**
• Netlink Sockets**
• Introduction to Linux Kernel Security
• Linux Security Modules (LSM)
• SELinux
• AppArmor
• Netfilter
• The Virtual File System
• Flash Memory Filesystems
• Filesystems in User-Space (FUSE)**
• Journaling Filesystems**

** These sections may be considered in part or in whole as optional. They contain either background reference material, specialized topics, or advanced subjects. The instructor may choose to cover or not cover them depending on classroom experience and time constraints.