Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an embargo was broken. Here’s the workaround.

A proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, ...

The hacker who created a widely reported cross-platform virus that could affect both Windows and Linux PCs may have inadvertently done some free bug testing for the Linux operating system. On ...

Back-to-back kernel vulnerabilities in Linux has defenders scrambling to apply defenses in the age of quick turnaround time for hackers to exploit nascent flaws. See Also: Edge Transformation: Top 5 ...

The Linux server operating system, used globally to power the internet, along with cloud storage, back-end business operations, embedded systems, and high-performance supercomputers, has a tarnished ...

Linux kernel maintainers have backported a workaround to Linux 6.1.19 and Linux 6.2.6 from Linux 6.3-rc2 to fix system stuttering on some AMD machines. According to Phoronix, the updates were ...

Dubbed PwnKit, it’s been sitting in a user policy module used in Linux distros for over a decade and can be used by anyone to gain root privileges. Here’s what you can do to protect your systems.