If you're a big Linux kernel nerd, you might be shrugging your shoulders at version 6.8. After all, it's nowhere near the size of 6.7. In fact, Linus Torvalds (the creator of Linux) said in this Linux ...

Android, Debian and Ubuntu users are still at risk. A high-severity cache invalidation bug in the Linux kernel has been uncovered, which could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on the targeted ...

AMD begins hardware enablement for GFX 12.1 IP, which could point to next-generation Instinct MI400-series GPUs, or future ...

There is a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by attackers to gain root access to a vulnerable machine. Th ere is a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the Linux ...

Maintainers behind the Linux kernel have rolled out patches in the past weeks for two bugs that are just ideal for causing havoc via DDoS attacks. Both bugs affect the Linux kernel's TCP stack and are ...

There was no Linux 2.4 kernel under testers' Christmas trees in 2000. Linus Torvalds and the other keepers of the Linux kernel delivered what is anticipated to be the first and only 2.4 prerelease ...

The current Linux source code is always available in both a complete tarball (an archive created with the tar command) and an incremental patch from the official home ...

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The Linux kernel today faces an unprecedented safety crisis. Much like when Ralph Nader famously told the American public that their cars were "unsafe at any speed" back in 1965, numerous security ...

It was shocking to learn yesterday that Kernel.org was hacked last month. News like that is routine in the world at large, but not in the home of the all-important heart of Linux. Investigations are ...