I just know other outlets will eventually pick up on this and add nonsense and subtract the facts at their own leisure, so I thought it worthwhile to get in early. A kernel vulnerabilities have been ...

Two Linux vulnerabilities introduced recently into the Ubuntu kernel create the potential for unprivileged local users to gain elevated privileges on a massive number of devices. Ubuntu is one of the ...

Cloud security firm Wiz has found two privilege escalation issues in a filesystem used by Ubuntu Linux, with affected versions being widely used in the cloud. Other Linux distributions do not use the ...

The idea of updating your Linux kernel can sound intimidating, especially if you're new to the ecosystem or if your experience with Linux is limited to occasional tinkering. After all, the kernel is ...

A Kernel Potato: Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux distributions available, it is a free and open source operating system based on Debian, and is used by both end users and enterprise ventures. It's ...

Tens of millions of Linux PCs and servers and 66% of all Android devices are impacted by a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that allows privilege escalation from local to root via a use-after-free ...

Patches are in the works for several Linux distributions affected by a newly-discovered flaw in the Linux kernel that could let a local user crash or run programs as an administrator. Admins running ...