A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

With OpenVPN 2.7 and Data Channel Offloading, VPN throughput in IPFire increases to up to 10 GBit/s. The update also closes ...

BPF is emerging as a preferred method for security observability over traditional user-space agents. By attaching probes ...

Another Linux kernel flaw has handed local unprivileged users a way to peek at files they should never be able to read, ...

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

For roughly 18 years, a chunk of code inside one of the internet’s most popular web servers quietly carried a critical ...

Vadzo Imaging's VISPA ARC USB camera SDK extends verified support to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Linux Kernel 6.x, enabling the Falcon-1335CRS, Falcon-900MGS, Falcon-2020MRS, and Falcon-821CRS USB camera to ...

The Linux kernel community has formally clarified that it will allow contributors to use AI coding tools, provided a human takes full responsibility for the results. The new documentation for "AI ...

One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to ...

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots of work.

The Linux security landscape just reached an important milestone. Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) has officially hit version 1.0, marking its transition from a long-running experimental project into ...

The Linux kernel, foundational for servers, desktops, embedded systems, and cloud infrastructure, has been under heightened scrutiny. Several vulnerabilities have been exploited in real-world attacks, ...