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.

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 ...

Unprivileged attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in default configurations of the Linux Kernel's filesystem layer on vulnerable devices.

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.

Beyond hardware-specific updates, Linux 6.11 introduces several system-wide enhancements. While they're not impressive, as Torvalds said in his keynote at Open Source Summit Europe, "Releases aren ...

Make a system call now, get the result later: a proposed kernel patch expands the possibilities for asynchronous I/O. The kernel’s support for asynchronous I/O is incomplete, and it always has been.