2026
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award · Syracuse University
University-wide recognition from the Graduate School for teaching excellence in CSE.486 Design of Operating Systems — nominated by Prof. Endadul Hoque.
I'm Shivam Kumar, a PhD student in Computer Science at Syracuse University, advised by Prof. Endadul Hoque in the SYNE Lab. I build automated tools — fuzzers — that uncover security bugs in the Linux kernel.
I research system security with a focus on fuzzing for software vulnerability discovery. I design automated, grammar-driven tools that surface memory-safety and concurrency bugs in the Linux kernel, then work them through to upstream fixes.
Before my PhD I spent over three years at Wipro in ServiceNow development and GRC solutions.
Vulnerabilities discovered, reported, and patched in the upstream Linux kernel.
nvmet-tcp · race condition
A race between ICReq handling and queue teardown allows a double
kref_put() on an already-released queue — remotely triggerable
without authentication.
nvme-tcp · NULL pointer dereference
A NULL pointer dereference triggered by out-of-order H2C_DATA PDUs, crashing storage servers remotely without authentication. Patched in mainline and backported to six stable releases.
University-wide recognition from the Graduate School for teaching excellence in CSE.486 Design of Operating Systems — nominated by Prof. Endadul Hoque.
“Student Discovers Key Security Vulnerability in Commonly Used Operating System” — a feature on my discovery of a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel and the SYNE Lab's work building tools that automatically find such bugs.
Security research on the Linux kernel — designing automated fuzzing tools for vulnerability discovery across kernel subsystems.
Led lab sessions, designed assignments, and graded coursework for CSE.486 Design Operating Systems across two semesters (Fall 2025 & Spring 2026).
High Performance Computing research using C, MPI, and OpenMP — contributing to projects in parallel computing and system optimization.
Led ServiceNow GRC implementations, custom applications, and API integrations for enterprise clients.
Developed ServiceNow applications with JavaScript and Python, and implemented workflow automation.
Remote internship with exposure to enterprise software development and business processes.