Linux issued a new kernel version on April 17, but the bug itself wasn’t widely reported; now, distributions like Debian, Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu have issued updates in the last week.

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...

SentinelOne reported the flaw to the Kernel.org team on October 19. A patch was finalized by the module's maintainers by October 21 and released on lore.kernel.org four days later.

Live patching is only for critical security problems. Linux kernel patches can fix vulnerabilities if the problem can be isolated to small and specific portions of kernel code. However, if the problem ...

The 4.18 Linux kernel is bringing lots of welcome changes for performance, security, and functionality to our Linux systems. And maybe now we can stop worrying so much about what’s going to ...

The code for displaying QR codes in kernel panics is based on the "drm_panic " feature, which Linux has offered since version 6.10 and also comes from Jocelyn Falempe.

After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named "lockdown." The new feature will ship as a ...