In addition to the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code being improved, the LZ4 compression code within the kernel tree is ...

Upcoming advances like Zen 6, PCIe Gen6 storage are expected to help get us into single figures.

AI-assisted bug hunting is driving Linux toward 2,000 CVEs per release, surfacing real flaws and mountains of low-priority work for overwhelmed maintainers.

Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.

Earlier this year developers at LINBIT began working toward a goal of upstreaming ~15 years worth of their Distributed ...

The Linux Foundation’s Greg Kroah-Hartman delivered a comprehensive talk this week on the current state and future challenges of Linux kernel security. Speaking at the Open Source Summit (OSS) Japan ...

A Linux KVM flaw on ARM64 can expose host kernel memory to guests and enable guest-to-host escape when nested virtualization is enabled.

NAPA, Calif. — In the immortal words of song developer Pete Townshend, “Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know!” Linux kernel maintainers have the same question: Who ...

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 ...

Ubuntu administrators running containerized workloads have a new Linux kernel security problem to watch closely. Public ...

The Linux kernel community has formally clarified that it will allow contributors to use AI coding tools, provided a human takes full responsibility for the results. The new documentation for "AI ...

reviously the Linux kernel had a "Code of Conflict" that some might feel is rather harsh. But now it's been replaced by a Code of Conduct that is derived from the Contributor Covenant that has been ...