Immediately after the 2011 break-in, the Linux Foundation began "mandating a fairly strict authentication policy for those developers who commit directly to the git repositories housing the Linux ...

In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux ...

The bug is remotely exploitable without authentication or user interaction. Millions of Linux systems could be vulnerable to a high-impact race condition flaw in the Linux kernel. Kernel versions ...

The Linux kernel is made up of a huge number of source code, and it is necessary to load the code considerably in order to make a mistake as to where and what processing is written. "Interactive map ...

A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server. A critical, local ...

The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. That’s according to a new report published Monday by the Linux Foundation and ...

Samsung's attempt to prevent attacks on Galaxy phones by modifying kernel code ended up exposing it to more security bugs, according to Google Project Zero (GPZ). Not only are smartphone makers like ...

The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. That’s according to a new report published Monday by the Linux Foundation and ...