Linux kernel maintainers observed an encouraging milestone in software security. Specifically, subsystem maintainers report that Linux AI bug fixes are finally overtaking the influx of automated defect reports. Linus Torvalds highlighted this positive trend...
A cascade of fourteen security flaws across Linux and FreeBSD opened dangerous pathways to root privileges. Specifically, these flaws facilitate container escapes, virtual machine breakouts, and remote kernel code execution. Furthermore, functional exploits already...
Linux 6.18 is the final major release of 2025, and it is highly likely to become the next long-term support (LTS) version. This means that, in the coming years, 6.18 will serve as the...
Developer Joel Severin has unveiled an experimental build of the Linux kernel ported to the WebAssembly format, enabling it to run directly within a web browser. The demonstration version operates in a shell environment...
Microsoft has begun testing a new Windows 11 feature that prompts users to run a memory diagnostic after encountering a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The feature is designed to improve overall system stability...
Researchers at VUSec have unveiled Training Solo, a study that calls into question the very foundations of defenses against Spectre-v2 attacks. Where isolation of prediction domains was long believed to eliminate the possibility of...
The bcachefs filesystem, now developed outside the Linux kernel, has released its first set of packages for live loading via DKMS. This move came in response to the community’s decision: in kernel version 6.17,...
Researchers from Doyensec, together with an independent author known as BitsByWill, have publicly demonstrated a working exploitation chain that enables remote execution of code in the Linux kernel via KSMBD — the in-kernel SMB3...
The world of Linux and its surrounding ecosystem is experiencing turbulent times. Developers are divided over how to integrate Rust into the kernel, key contributors are departing, and core subsystems are being handed over...
An independent researcher named Alexander Popov has unveiled a novel exploitation technique for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-50264. This use-after-free flaw in the AF_VSOCK subsystem has existed since kernel version 4.8...
A security researcher named Wayne has unveiled a new tool for Windows 11 that circumvents the PatchGuard protection mechanism in the system’s latest release (24H2). The project, called Kurasagi, has already been published on...
The new Linux 6.17 kernel introduces a unified standard for the so-called “performance button” increasingly found on gaming laptops. This key now has an assigned unique code—KEY_PERFORMANCE—allowing Linux systems to properly recognize it and...
