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Linus Torvalds—father of the Linux open-source operating system—finally admitted his behavior towards other developers in the Linux community was hurting people and Linux.
In a surprising move t… Continue reading Linus Torvalds Apologizes For His Rude Behavior—Takes Time Off
A new Linux kernel vulnerability identified as CVE-2018-14619 has been discovered by Red Hat Engineering researchers Florian Weimer and Ondrej Mosnacek. More particularly, the flaw was found in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. CVE-2018-14619 T… Continue reading CVE-2018-14619: New Critical Linux Kernel Vulnerability
According to security researchers, Linux vulnerabilities could be entirely mitigated or “decreased” to “less-than-critical” severity via an OS design which is based on a verified microkernel. To prove their point, a group of aca… Continue reading Verified Microkernel: the Cure for All Linux OS Vulnerabilities?
A new announcement has been made in regards of SUSE and the availability of the enterprise Linux kernel which is created specifically for Microsoft Azure. As a result, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 on-demand instances now run on a custom-tuned…Read… Continue reading SUSE and Microsoft Announce Enterprise Linux Kernel for Azure
A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux Kernel (version 4.9+) which is tracked in the CVE-2018-5390 advisory. It lists several conditions that allow criminals to modify packets leading to the coordination of DOS (Denial of service) attacks. CV… Continue reading CVE-2018-5390: Vulnerability in Linux Kernel allows for DoS Attacks
CVE-2018-10901 is the identifier of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Linux kernel. More specifically, the vulnerability resides in the KVM virtualization subsystem, a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization… Continue reading CVE-2018-10901 in Linux Kernel Could Lead to Privilege Escalation
Yet another chip vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-3665, which has been called Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore. The flaw resides in Intel Core and Xeon processors, and is similar to Spectre since it is a speculative execution flaw. Rel… Continue reading CVE-2018-3665 Vulnerability Found in Intel Core and Xeon Processors
A Spectre variant 4 vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel and represents a very dangerous threat to all affected machines. All system administrators are urged to apply the latest updates as soon as possible to mitigate any possible…Re… Continue reading CVE-2018-3639: Spectre Variant 4 Vulnerability Affects the Linux Kernel
Check Point researchers recently took the time to review the Linux kernel, and more specifically they looked into drivers trying to roll their own usage of the mmap() function. How Was CVE-2018-8781 Discovered? The idea of re-implementing kernel functi… Continue reading CVE-2018-8781: 8-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Discovered
Many Ubuntu Linux users who installed the latest kernel updates to fix the Meltdown CPU vulnerability found themselves stuck in a boot loop and had to revert back to a previous version. The problem affected mostly Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus), which is … Continue reading Meltdown Patch Is Causing Problems for Some Ubuntu Linux Users