A critical vulnerability has been unearthed within the Linux kernel. This flaw empowers an ordinary user to escalate their privileges to root. It threatens not merely servers and workstations, but also Android devices. Designated...
The Linux kernel has expanded to a scale that is difficult to imagine for an open-source project. Following a week of intense merges for Linux 7.2, the source tree surpassed 43 million lines. Moreover,...
The Linux kernel has finally settled an old debt. After years of effort, the Linux strncpy removal is complete in version 7.2. The strncpy API is now gone from the source tree. For decades,...
Security researcher Hyeonwoo Kim has disclosed a vulnerability named ITScape that disrupted behavior within KVM on arm64 and allowed a guest virtual machine to break out onto its host system. Critical Severity in 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...
Jailer is an eBPF-based process jailing system that provides mandatory access control (MAC) for Linux. It tracks processes using BPF task_storage maps and enforces role-based policies on file access, network operations, and process execution....
The Linux kernel is currently undergoing one of the most substantial overhauls of its storage subsystem in recent years, as developers breathe new life into Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)—a technology many had presumed...
A sophisticated evolution of the venerable Rowhammer assault has unexpectedly yielded ramifications far more profound than previously envisioned. Whereas prior discourse centered upon systemic volatility and the erosion of computational precision, specialists have now...
klint A Linux kernel integrity scanner that detects rootkits and kernel-level compromises. It works by cross-referencing multiple sources of system information (procfs, sysfs, netlink, MSRs, IDT, kernel symbols) and flagging inconsistencies that indicate tampering....
The March Android security update remediates scores of vulnerabilities, amongst which lurks a peril of profound severity. A critical flaw within this cohort empowers a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely upon the...
“Who are you, and why should the Linux kernel trust you?” Within the kernel development community, this query long ago ceased to be a mere jest. In the wake of the xz Utils debacle...
Linus Torvalds has officially heralded the arrival of the inaugural release candidate for Linux kernel 7.0, seizing the occasion to contemplate his professional trajectory with his signature brand of self-deprecating wit. “By now, you...
