Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root ...

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

Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root access, marking the second time in as many weeks that a severe threat has ...

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

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

Cyber security vendor Qualys has found a logic bug in the Linux kernel which, if exploited, can be abused to escalate standard user privileges to those of the root superuser with full administrative ...

Although everyone’s favorite Linux overlord [Linus Torvalds] has been musing on dropping Intel 486 support for a while now, it would seem that this time now has finally come. In a Linux patch ...

The new kernel's number ends in zero, but it's not a milestone release. Linux 7.0 boasts improvements in Rust, its scheduler - and it's further embracing AI. More than half a dozen distros will let ...

Testing is an integral and important part of any software development cycle, open or closed, and Linux kernel is no exception to that. Developer testing, integration testing, regression, and stress ...