A description is that BPF is a verified-to-be-safe, fast to switch-to, mechanism, for running code in Linux kernel space to react to events such as function calls, function returns, and trace points .

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 ...

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, ...

Oracle has fully integrated the long-awaited Linux ... the kernel. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems, which was acquired by Oracle in 2010, DTrace can help developers debug, or trace ...

LTTng relies upon kernel markers to provide static probe points for its kernel tracing activities. It also provides the ability to trace userspace ... from quite a few Linux companies.

StackRot arises from the Linux kernel's handling of stack expansion within its memory management subsystem, tied to managing virtual memory areas (VMAs). Specifically, the weak spot is in "maple ...

A local-privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux ... stack to at most 75% of _STK_LIM’, from July 7, 2017) are exploitable,” researchers said. Qualys’ primary advice is to upgrade the ...

Google has released details of a high-severity flaw affecting the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel versions below Linux 5.9 that support BlueZ. Linux 5.9 was just released two days ago and ...

Data Centres Can Cut Energy Use By Up To 30% With Just About 30 Lines of Code, Research Shows Your email has been sent New research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up ...