The stable release of Linux Kernel 6.18 was officially tagged on November 30, 2025. It’s expected to become this year’s major long-term support (LTS) kernel, something many users and distributions ...
XBOW’s AI system found a high-severity Linux kernel flaw that can let some users gain root privileges. The bug affects SMC-D ...
Four Linux kernel flaws DirtyAH6, TUNderflow, PPPoEject, and DiagSpill could enable local attackers to corrupt memory and gain root privileges.
Breaking down Linux 7.3-rc1's massive diff into Btrfs changes, CPU/GPU resource allocation, new hardware support, and old code removal. We outline the conditions under which the performance numbers ...
Google is exploring a new approach to Linux kernel security that could significantly change how device drivers interact with ...
Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.
A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw called Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets an ordinary user with no special access take full control of a machine as root. It affects Linux desktops, servers, and ...
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While the Linux kernel continues to be bombarded with patches from AI/LLM agents, to date the kernel hasn't carried an AGENTS.md Markdown file with instructions catering to AI/LLM agents. But a patch ...
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 ...
Ring the bells, sound the trumpet, the Linux 6.19 kernel has arrived. Linus Torvalds announced that “6.19 is out as expected — just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today, ...