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[Johannes 4GNU_Linux] has been filming a video series on how to write Linux device drivers for a couple of years now, but luckily, you won’t need that long to watch …read more Continue reading Linux Device Drivers in Only a Few Years
An MMORPG with cute anime-style characters and maybe a bit too much inspiration taken from another classic Nintento franchise, Genshin Impact is a relatively popular game across the PlayStation, iOS, …read more Continue reading Genshin Security Impact
Every year in the month of June, someone by the unlikely name of [R.F. Burns] posts a question to the Linux Kernel Mailing List asking whether a Linux kernel module …read more Continue reading RF Burns And Exploding PC Speakers: Sophos Looks At The Evidence
Can you help? There’s a hidden meaning here, and it’s time to find it! Continue reading Can *YOU* blow a PC speaker using only a Linux kernel driver?
These bugs date back to 2009, and they could give crooks who are already in your network access to sysadmin superpowers. Continue reading Dell fixes exploitable holes in its own firmware update driver – patch now!
Kernel driver bugs often let crooks take over your entire system from even the weediest foothold. Continue reading Patch time! NVIDIA fixes kernel driver holes on Windows and Linux
Nvidia has patched eight high-severity flaws in its Tegra processors, which could enable denial of service and code execution. Continue reading Nvidia Fixes 8 High-Severity Flaws Allowing DoS, Code Execution
The Linux kernel recently added support for loading firmware into an FPGA via the FPGA Manager Framework. [OpenTechLab] has built a driver for the Lattice iCE40 FPGA (same chip used on the iCEStick and other development boards). One attraction to the iCE40 is there is an open source toolchain called iCEStorm.
Even if you aren’t specifically interested in FPGAs, the discussion about Linux device drivers is good background. The principles would apply to other drivers, and would definitely apply if you want to write another FPGA loader.
The example uses a Raspberry Pi connected to an evaluation board. A cheap …read more
Continue reading Lattice iCE40 FPGA Configured by Linux Kernel
The Linux kernel recently added support for loading firmware into an FPGA via the FPGA Manager Framework. [OpenTechLab] has built a driver for the Lattice iCE40 FPGA (same chip used on the iCEStick and other development boards). One attraction to the iCE40 is there is an open source toolchain called iCEStorm.
Even if you aren’t specifically interested in FPGAs, the discussion about Linux device drivers is good background. The principles would apply to other drivers, and would definitely apply if you want to write another FPGA loader.
The example uses a Raspberry Pi connected to an evaluation board. A cheap …read more
Continue reading Lattice iCE40 FPGA Configured by Linux Kernel
Apple patched an OS X vulnerability in a kernel driver that could give attackers root-level privileges on a Mac computer, researchers at Cisco Talos said. Continue reading Patched Apple Bug Paved Way to Root Compromises