A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root ...

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 bug is ...

Fresh kernel flaw comes with public exploit code and continues ugly run of highly reliable privilege escalation bugs tied to ...

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, ...

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...

Attackers can locally exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability to gain root access over Linux, Solaris and BSD machines. This is bad news for Unix-based servers, and even more so for ...