Ubuntu administrators running containerized workloads have a new Linux kernel security problem to watch closely. Public ...

Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.

Discovery of the Copy Fail Linux kernel exploit sparked widespread discussion and concern around Linux kernel security earlier this month, and that was for an exploit that had mostly already been ...

Earlier this year, longtime PlayStation hacker TheFlow shared a video of a modded PS5 running Linux and playing Grand Theft ...

Researchers have discovered malicious code circulating in the wild that hijacks the earliest stage boot process of Linux devices by exploiting a year-old firmware vulnerability when it remains ...

Andy Nguyen, the developer behind the PS5 Linux project that released earlier in 2026, has officially declared that he will ...

A recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers to gain root privileges on Arch Linux systems. The ...

A working exploit for a Linux kernel flaw that has existed since 2011 is now publicly available, and any logged-in user can run it to gain full root control of an affected machine in roughly five ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root ...

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It's not often that a major vulnerability is found in the Linux kernel, but when it does happen, it demands attention. Such is the case with "Copy Fail", which has just been found and disclosed by ...

Many security tools rely on the presence of known files associated with an exploit, attack or attacker to detect a compromised system. Once those files are found, the system can be further ...