History Some form of module support has been around since Linux 1.2. However, modern kernels can be built to include support for things or support them as modules.

Blacklisting modules prevents them from being loaded and used, and it is sometimes an important step in keeping a system running properly.

If you have been for (or against) Rust in the Linux kernel, get ready for a Linux kernel module written in… Scratch. That’s right. Scratch, the MIT-developed language with blocks popular for ...

ESET researchers find a malicious Apache webserver module in the wild. Dubbed Linux/Chapro.A, this Linux malware injects content, like a Sweet Orange exploit pack landing page serving ZeuS banking ...

In this second excerpt, Abbott discusses kernel modules and device drivers. In Part 1 of this excerpt the author worked through an example of a simple kernel module. In this installment, Abbott ...

What are Linux modules? Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact ...

Technically, Linux is not a pure monolithic kernel, because it can be extended at runtime using loadable kernel modules. To load a module, the kernel must contain all the kernel symbols used in the ...

Hi,Is there a way to unload a busy module in linux, when I'm trying rmmod, I get a message saying the ressource is busy, but the module is not unload.ThanksNic ...

Dangerous Linux malware, capable of bricking servers, has been found in Golang modules on GitHub, experts are saying.

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 3rd Edition by Doug Abbott offers a detailed, hands-on discussion that takes a developer from installation through application development. Presenting ...