A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root ...

OpenBSD 7.9 is the 60th release of the open-source operating system and brings many improvements in security and networking.

Introduced in 2007, the CIFSwitch Linux kernel bug allows users to modify CIFS key description fields and gain root ...

Another bad Linux kernel bug has appeared. Fragnesia can give unauthorized users root powers. More open-source security bugs are likely coming. According to Linus's law, "Given enough eyeballs, all ...

Major Linux distributions are rushing to fix two new vulnerabilities after the disclosure embargo was broken. The vulnerability, comprised of two chained issues in subsystems of the Linux kernel and ...

Linus Torvalds has tightened Linux kernel rules to reject low-value AI-generated fixes, pushing back against trivial patches flooding maintainers.

A code-reuse attack named "Segmentation Fault Oriented Programming (SFOP)" exploits weaknesses in signal handling and Intel CET in Linux systems. SFOP is capable of bypassing Intel CET in any program ...

Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...

Linus Torvalds released Linux Kernel 7.1 RC6, noting that while patch volumes remain at a new normal, the code is settling ...

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