A flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably.Key ...

The Linux kernel will keep getting updates.

A researcher from offensive security firm Theori has found a nine-year-old flaw in the Linux kernel with the help of AI ...

Linux users should update their servers now, or face possible attack.

The latest Linux kernel boasts full Rust support and a greatly improved scheduler to speed up your work and your games.

The flaw allows an unprivileged local user to write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux ...

Copy Fail, a logic bug in the Linux kernel, allows users to write 4-byte code into other files’ page cache and achieve root ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

The Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has ...

For desktop Linux users, updating to a new Linux kernel typically carries relatively small, contained risks: wonky drivers, GRUB pain, maybe a full wipe and reinstall. For one subset of laptop owners ...

The new rules for AI-assisted code in the Linux kernel: What every dev needs to know ...

A logic flaw sitting undetected in the Linux kernel for nearly nine years lets any unprivileged local user gain root access ...