https://lwn.net/Articles/569635/ https://lwn.net/Articles/569635/ explains what KASLR is, and what exploits it tries to defeat. Importantly, whereas ASLR is ty

https://lwn.net/Articles/569635/ https://lwn.net/Articles/569635/ explains what KASLR is, and what exploits it tries to defeat. Importantly, whereas ASLR is typically to decrease the success probability of a remote exploit of a user-space app (typically your browser and the plugins it runs), KASLR is defending the kernel with a known privilege escalation exploit from a determined malicious user.