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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Btrfs—short for "B-Tree File System" and frequently pronounced "butter" or "butter eff ess"—is the most advanced filesystem present in the mainline Linux kernel. In some ways, btrfs simply ...

When the malicious pointer is used, a privilege escalation attack targeting the Linux kernel may occur. "Our research shows that utilizing the targeted stack-spraying approach allows attackers to ...

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 ...

That’s the reason for the creation of io_uring, an improved system call interface in the Linux kernel. It’s also where [chompie] went to look for exploits. The reason for looking here ...

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 ...