A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

The latest Linux kernel released includes changes to networking, CPU architecture, Arm support, graphics and storage. Linus Torvalds is a busy man who continues to toil away at the Linux kernel to ...

Linux is renowned for its flexibility, security, and performance, making it the operating system of choice for developers, system administrators, and power users alike. However, the generic Linux ...

Major Linux distributions are rushing to fix two new vulnerabilities after the disclosure embargo was broken. The vulnerability, comprised of two chained issues in subsystems of the Linux kernel and ...

IT researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that attackers can exploit to gain root privileges. The discoverers have named the vulnerability “Copy Fail.” Virtually all Linux ...