Without a kernel, an operating system simply cannot function. And without the kernel that was started as a student project in Helsinki, way back in 1991, we wouldn't have Linux.

Yet even among Linux’s many fans there is growing unease about vulnerabilities in the operating system’s most basic, foundational elements — housed in something called “the kernel ...

The 6.16 version of the kernel has Rust for Linux improvements to fix race conditions. Kernel updates tend to release every two months, so ongoing Rust work is current, and the project is still very ...

The groundwork for Rust modules in Linux was laid with kernel 6.1, and by version 6.8, the first experimental Rust drivers, ...

Infrastructure used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel was infected for two years, starting in 2009, by sophisticated malware that managed to get a hold of one of the ...

All operating system bugs have the potential to become exploitations. This fact is underlined by Linux kernel developers recently starting to issue their own Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ...

OK, so the kernel in this case is “4.15.0-30-generic,” and each portion of the name provides some detail on the kernel’s identity. To add the the kernel’s name, add the “s” swtich: ...

The system call prototype, as found in 2.6.22, is: long timerfd(int fd, int clockid, int flags, struct itimerspec *utimer); If fd is -1 , a new timer file descriptor will be created and returned ...

Electronic Arts is launching its own custom anti-cheat solution. FIFA 23 will be the first PC game with EA’s new anti-cheat, and the system will run at the kernel level in Windows.

Linux is a robust and stable operating system kernel, but there are instances where it can panic, be it due to bad hardware or bad software. It does not happen often, but it can happen.