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Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use
54+ min ago (204+ words) Merged today for the Linux 7. 1 kernel is some new documentation surrounding what qualifies as a security bug as well as around responsible use of AI for finding kernel bugs. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors…...
Linux 7. 0. 8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (207+ words) Following yesterday's disclosure of the ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to read root-owned files, a slew of new stable kernel releases are out today to address this latest Linux security issue. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming…...
Rocky Linux Launches Optional Security Repository To Get Important Fixes Sooner
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (183+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Rocky Linux Launches Optional Security Repository To Get Important Fixes Sooner Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the…...
Cloud Hypervisor 52 Now Supports Launching AMD SEV-SNP Confidential VMs With KVM
10+ hour, 55+ min ago (218+ words) For what originally began as an open-source Intel software project, Cloud Hypervisor continues seeing robust development outside the confines of Intel Corp these days with ongoing improvements driven by Microsoft, Cyberus Tech, Ant, and other organizations for this Rust-based VMM…...
Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users
19+ hour, 49+ min ago (193+ words) Following Dirty Frag, Fragnesia, and other Linux kernel vulnerabilities making themselves known in recent days, the latest now is ssh-keysign-pwn. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows…...
Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (205+ words) Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics…...
GNOME's Help Viewer Updated Due To Flatpak Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (181+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals GNOME's Help Viewer Updated Due To Flatpak Sandbox Escape Vulnerability Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the site…...
Linux 7. 0. 6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (183+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux 7. 0. 6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the site in…...
Axboe Hacking On New Linux Patches For 60% Increase To Per-Core I/O Performance
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (253+ words) Following a presentation at last week's Linux storage, file-system, memory management and BPF summit (LSFMM) in Croatia where Linux I/O overhead compared to the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) was presented, Jens Axboe was motivated to pursue some new…...
Kconfirm Is On A Quest To Clean Up The Linux Kernel's Configuration System
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (204+ words) New tooling being worked on for possible mainline Linux kernel inclusion is Kconfirm as a new tool for detecting misusage and efforts stemming from Kconfig, the configuration system for kernel builds. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory…...