Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users unfettered root access. A serious vulnerability that has been present for nine years in virtually all versions of the LinuxRead More →
Ars reports from the Linux Security Summit—and finds much work that needs to be done. The Linux kernel today faces an unprecedented safety crisis. Much like when Ralph Nader famouslyRead More →
Last week Apple cleared the air as to whether or not it intentionally released an unencrypted version of its iOS 10 beta kernel to the developer community, stating the moveRead More →
Sasha Levin kicks off ‘security tree’ side project. Linux developer Sasha Levin has kicked off a project in which he proposes gathering up kernel security fixes under a single tree. TheRead More →
All Ubuntu users are urged to update as soon as possible. Canonical has just published four Ubuntu Security Notices that detail a recent Linux kernel vulnerability discovered in the kernel packagesRead More →
Two kernel vulnerabilities were left unpatched on older devices running Android Jelly Bean and KitKat. QuarksLAB, a security research company based in Paris, France, has stumbled upon two kernel vulnerabilities inRead More →
