The Linux kernel stack is a tempting target for attack. This is because the kernel needs to keep track of where it is. If a function gets called, which then calls another, which then calls another, ...

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel can be exploited to leak data and act as a springboard for further compromise. Disclosed by Cisco Talos researchers on Tuesday, the bug is ...

Popular with programmers the world over for its stability, flexibilityand security, Linux now appears to be vulnerable to hackers. According to new Georgia Institute of Technology research, ...

Attackers can locally exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability to gain root access over Linux, Solaris and BSD machines. This is bad news for Unix-based servers, and even more so for ...

Yes, the Linux kernel networking stack is too slow for high-speed networks, but kernel bypass solutions aren’t the answer Sujal Das is chief strategy and marketing officer at Netronome, a provider of ...

Google has kicked off a special three-month bug bounty targeting flaws in the Linux kernel with triple the rewards for security researchers. The new bounty, announced this week, looks to harden the ...

Uninitialised variables are a critical attack vector that can be reliably exploited by hackers to launch privilege escalation attacks in the Linux kernel, according to research at the Georgia ...

According to new research, uninitialized variables -­- largely overlooked bugs mostly regarded as insignificant memory errors -- are actually a critical attack vector that can be reliably exploited by ...