In Linux kernel 6.10, a new system call, mseal, has been introduced, enabling developers to “seal” memory regions and protect them from modification. Its purpose is to prevent sudden overwrites or alterations of critical...
The Tails project has released Tails 7.2, an updated version of its anonymous operating system, published on 13 November 2025. The new release introduces updated versions of the browser, email client, Linux kernel, and...
Google engineer Eric Biggers has once again turned his attention to enhancing the performance of Linux’s cryptographic subsystem. Over the weekend, he submitted a series of nine patches to the kernel mailing list, aimed...
The Linux Kernel developers are preparing to enable Microsoft C Extensions support during kernel compilation. Two patches recently merged into the kbuild-next development tree introduce the compiler flag -fms-extensions for both GCC and LLVM/Clang,...
