Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root ...

A maintainer wants a first-aid kit for the Linux kernel and a proposal is currently being reviewed.

Hyunwoo Kim, also known as "V4bel," recently disclosed "Dirty Frag," a dangerous security vulnerability that provides local ...

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Linux kernel maintainers are considering giving admins a giant red emergency button to smash the next time another nasty vulnerability drops before patches are ready. The proposed feature, named ...

Linus Torvalds released the third release candidate (RC3) for Linux Kernel 7.1. Learn what's new in Kernel 7.1-rc3.

Dirty Frag, a new local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting major Linux distributions, may already be exploited in the wild.

This Linux kernel vulnerability has defenders scrambling. Here's which systems are affected - and what you should do ASAP.

Serious Linux vulnerabilities, like Copy Fail and Dirty Frag, are becoming more common. Here's why, and how the Linux ...

The idea of a kill switch for privileged operators has been suggested by Sasha Levin, a distinguished engineer at Nvidia and ...

The free and open source Linux kernel has seen three serious local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities in recent weeks ...

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an ...