Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...

Dirty Frag is a new Linux bug putting your system at risk - and there's no easy fix yet ...

PoC code has been released for DirtyDecrypt, a recently patched Linux kernel vulnerability allowing privilege escalation to root.

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an embargo was broken. Here’s the workaround.

A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged ...

A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers elevate ...

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.

Note: this article is a followup to Zack Brown's "Android Low Memory Killer—In or Out?" Linux kernel headers are the unstable, constantly-changing, internal API of the kernel. This includes internal ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Linux kernel is the lowest level of software running on a Linux system. It is charged with managing the hardware, running user programs, and maintaining the overall security and ...

One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to ...