Linux kernel maintainers released a June 20 Linux 7.2 merge that removes the legacy C string-copy function strncpy from kernel code. Kernel-side is the key scope: strncpy remains part of user-space C ...

In version 7.9 of the anonymizing Linux distribution Tails, the developers are only performing light software maintenance.

Linus Torvalds gave the starting signal for Linux 7.1. In addition to a completely new NTFS driver, the extensive kernel ...

Learn how Ubuntu's Subiquity 26.04 installer scans your hardware and auto-installs the right OEM or HWE kernel drivers on desktop and server.

The Linux Kernel Crypto API provides kernel-level cryptographic operations accessible to both kernel modules and user-space applications through AF_ALG sockets. User-space applications communicate ...

A recently patched local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rxgk module now has a proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to gain root access on some Linux systems. Named ...

Most Linux users have no idea their systems load thousands of kernel modules by default, even though only a small fraction are actually needed during normal operation. The rest sit quietly in the ...

A public exploit is available for a nine-year old vulnerability that affects the Linux kernel, paving the way for root privilege escalation. The flaw, which actually is two vulnerabilities chained ...

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 ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access on affected systems.

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root ...