A newly disclosed use-after-free in the Linux kernel's epoll code, CVE-2026-46242, lets an unprivileged user get root on ...

Treating Linux like Windows is a recipe for frustration.

There's yet another portable computer format out for your money. The RootBoard follows what several others have already done ...

June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app ...

The OpenWRT developers have closed several critical security vulnerabilities in a recent version, among other things.

Mageia 10 marks 15 years since the distribution's first release in June 2011. The project began the previous year as a fork ...

DirtyClone, tracked as CVE-2026-43503, is a Linux kernel vulnerability that allows any local user to gain root privileges.

Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...

CVE-2026-43503 DirtyClone is the fourth DirtyFrag-family privilege escalation in six weeks. JFrog's public PoC raises the ...

A minimal Linux distro from Microsoft? Anything is possible.

Secure Boot has always been a nuisance for Linux users, but Microsoft's expiring 2011 certificate authorities are making it a ...

Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don’t often see: a single errant character inside the kernel.