CVE-2022-0492, a privilege escalation bug in the Linux kernel leading to container escape, has been exploited in attacks.

While many operating systems seem to try to prevent you from peeking under the hood, Unix and Linux positively encourage it.

Learn why Linux Kernel developers want to deprecate AF_ALG features, and the security concerns driving the decision.

Introduced in 2007, the CIFSwitch Linux kernel bug allows users to modify CIFS key description fields and gain root ...

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 ...

A new high-security zero-day vulnerability that has lurked in the Linux kernel since 2017 has just been found with the help of AI. This nine-year-old flaw, dubbed ‘Copy Fail’, was discovered by ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Hackers are abusing a legitimate but long-revoked EnCase kernel driver in an EDR killer that can detect 59 security tools in attempts to deactivate them. An EDR killer is a malicious tool created ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

The open source openSUSE project has begun to distribute packaging of the Intel Neural Processing Unit (NPU) driver for small-scale AI development. Phoronx reported Intel NPU driver support is now ...