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

Ubuntu kernels will ship every week under a new release schedule from Canonical, which is merging its four-week cycle for regular Stable Release Updates (SRUs) and its two-week cycle for security ...

Security researchers at NebuSec have disclosed a Linux kernel vulnerability that allows an unprivileged local attacker to escalate privileges and potentially obtain root-level control.

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root privileges, and patches from upstream maintainers have yet to appear in the ...

A newly disclosed Linux kernel out-of-bounds write vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-72018, can be leveraged by a local ...

Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. The ...

XBOW disclosed a high-severity Linux kernel flaw that can turn an out-of-bounds write in the DIBS loopback implementation ...

A Linux kernel nf_tables bug lets local users gain root via use-after-free caused by a logic error; patch removes a single “!”. CVE-2026-23111 lives in nf_tables, the Linux kernel’s packet filtering ...

The beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stringray) is now available for download. Ubuntu 26.10 runs on the Linux 7.3 ...