Immediately after the 2011 break-in, the Linux Foundation began "mandating a fairly strict authentication policy for those developers who commit directly to the git repositories housing the Linux ...

When one considers open source, it's fairly easy to imagine a world of designers, developers, and distributors getting along fabulously while sharing ideas and ideals like most people share memes on ...

Samsung's attempt to prevent attacks on Galaxy phones by modifying kernel code ended up exposing it to more security bugs, according to Google Project Zero (GPZ). Not only are smartphone makers like ...

The overall volume of kernel CVEs continues to climb: one security commentary noted the first 16 days of 2025 already saw 134 ...

The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. That’s according to a new report published Monday by the Linux Foundation and ...

An operating system's kernel manages resources, handles system calls, governs hardware access, and controls processes. The ...

Many issues involved with Linux kernel development are different from traditional software development processes. When working on a portion of the kernel (or a specific driver), you need to 1) stay ...

A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server. A critical, local ...

The Linux inventor wants to treat AI tools the same as other tools – and sees no reason for special treatment regarding ...

The Linux kernel provides support for memory management, interprocess communication mechanisms, interrupt management, and TCP / IP networking. The directory structure separates architecture-dependent ...