A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily ...

I switched to WSL 2 and finally stopped feeling locked into Windows — here's why that changes everything.

Rust will save Linux from C's inherent security weaknesses. Linux, faced with a flood of AI-discovered security problems, ...

Qualys discloses CVE‑2026‑46333, a Linux flaw present since 2016 which lets unprivileged users briefly hijack privileged ...

Google’s Project Zero demonstrates a new zero-click exploit for the Pixel 10 phones, showing a full escalation from remote to kernel without user interaction. During the investigation Project Zero ...

A practical guide to the Linux Kernel Crypto API with code examples for developers and security engineers, covering AF_ALG ...

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track ...

BPF is emerging as a preferred method for security observability over traditional user-space agents. By attaching probes ...

Another Linux kernel flaw has handed local unprivileged users a way to peek at files they should never be able to read, ...

A recently patched local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rxgk module now has a proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to gain root access on some Linux systems. Named ...

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root ...