Fuzzing Device Emulation in QEMU

A Boston University project

Virtual devices are the most common site for security bugs in hypervisors. In our evaluation, we found new bugs in devices such as serial and virtio-net, ranging from memory corruptions to denial-of-service vulnerabilities. By combining well known coverage guidance techniques with domain-specific feedback, we found promising fuzzer performance, even for complex targets such as hypervisors.

Boston University

Our flagship partnership, Boston University is the center of two major Red Hat initiatives: The Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University, and the Mass Open Cloud. Both initiatives are dedicated to the idea that marrying research to the open source development methodology, using a partnership between scientists and open source developers, is a uniquely fast and fruitful way of putting great ideas into practice. Boston University is also the center of our Boston intern program, which generates more and more new Red Hatters with each passing year.

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Red Hat Research brings sustainability to the edge

Red Hat Research brings sustainability to the edge

A data-science-driven sustainability project supported by Red Hat Research was recognized as a FIWARE iHub at the 2023 FIWARE Summit in Vienna, Austria. Based on the SmartaByar smart village in Sweden, the project was a recipient of the Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University Research Incubation Award in 2022 and 2023. FIWARE describes iHubs as centers for accelerated growth that support companies, cities, and developers in their innovation and digitalization journey by offering easy access to open source technologies, business development support, and community building.

Meet the new 2023 Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Award Recipients

Meet the new 2023 Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Award Recipients

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards. The awards are part of a joint effort between Red Hat and Boston University (BU) aimed at recognizing, supporting and funding research in cloud computing, and to advance the state of the art in open source technologies such as distributed systems, security, operating systems, and networking.

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