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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Cloud Linux Software Inc., Estero, FL (US);
Kirill Korotaev, Moscow, RU;
Cloud Linux Software Inc., Estero, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for reducing attack surface of a software environment by removing code of an unused functionality. A security hardening module may identify a portion of code of a software, the software comprising at least one of: an operating system and an application. The security hardening module may determine whether the portion is being utilized, and in response to determining that the process is not being utilized, the security hardening module may generate a live patch that removes the portion from the code and may modify, during runtime, the software using the live patch without restarting the software.