A collection of local Linux vulnerabilities has acquired a second life as weaponized code engineered for total root compromise. NebuSec disclosed a series of critical kernel vulnerabilities and published fully functional exploits, meticulously verified...
Security researchers have uncovered a Linux flaw that elevates an ordinary local user to root. Remarkably, it does so without altering a single file on disk. Integrity checks may therefore reveal nothing, because the...
Administrators of expansive Linux fleets are being presented with an emergency “kill switch” designed to neutralize vulnerable segments of the kernel. Kernel maintainer Sasha Levin has submitted a patch titled Killswitch to the mailing...
