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Most consumer routers don't make use of modern security features of Linux:

https://cyber-itl.org/assets/papers/2018/build_safety_of_software_in_28_popular_home_routers.pdf (PDF file)

– 28 popular routers don't make use of ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization), DEP (Data Execution Prevention), RELRO (RELocation Read-Only), and stack guards
– report contains Asus, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, Synology, TP-Link, and Trendnet routers

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