A proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, ...

The Intel Meltdown security problem is the pain that just keeps hurting. Still, there is some good news. Ubuntu and Debian Linux have patched their distributions. The bad news? It's becoming clearer ...

Linux kernel strncpy removed in Linux 7.2 after 362 patches and six years of coordinated work. The dangerous C string ...

The Linux Foundation introduces Akrites, a joint effort to report, fix, and disclose vulnerabilities in open source software.

The hacker who created a widely reported cross-platform virus that could affect both Windows and Linux PCs may have inadvertently done some free bug testing for the Linux operating system. On ...

Linux kernel maintainers have backported a workaround to Linux 6.1.19 and Linux 6.2.6 from Linux 6.3-rc2 to fix system stuttering on some AMD machines. According to Phoronix, the updates were ...

Back-to-back kernel vulnerabilities in Linux has defenders scrambling to apply defenses in the age of quick turnaround time for hackers to exploit nascent flaws. See Also: Beat the Breach: Outsmart ...

The Linux server operating system, used globally to power the internet, along with cloud storage, back-end business operations, embedded systems, and high-performance supercomputers, has a tarnished ...

A flaw in Debian’s samba implementation, a LanManager-like package for Unix, could be exploited to run arbitrary code on the affected machine with root privileges. Attackers could also gain root ...