Morning Overview on MSN

A new Linux kernel flaw called Fragnesia lets any unprivileged user gain root with a single command — the third root-access bug in three weeks

Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A new Linux kernel flaw called 'Fragnesia' lets local attackers gain root through page cache corruption

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 ...
Cybernews

Patching one Linux kernel critical exploit spawns another: a third vulnerability in two weeks

A fix for a previous Linux kernel critical exploit opened the door for the new critical vulnerability, a third in two weeks.
Infosecurity Magazine

Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Leaks SSH Keys and Password Hashes

A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged ...

Linux kernel flaw opens root-only files to unprivileged users

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