A split-second race inside the Linux kernel was all it took to turn a routine filesystem copy-on-write operation into a serious privilege escalation.

SharedRoot exploits CVE-2026-46331 in local Claude Cowork sessions to gain guest root and read or write files across the host ...

Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2026-64600 exposes an estimated 16.4 million RHEL and enterprise Linux systems to silent root ...

A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local ...

The basics for anyone looking to root their phone.

The reasoning goes like this… Apple's various operating systems, from macOS to iOS to the cut-down ones in the Apple Watch ...

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This time a bit earlier than usual, the new kernel Linux 7.1 appeared in our regions on Sunday around 5:00 PM, not in the early morning hours of Monday. What might suggest an extremely “smooth” ...

Linus Torvalds officially released Linux Kernel 7.1 final on June 14, 2026. He finished the release while traveling through a different timezone, just before the next merge window opened. Linux Kernel ...

The Linux desktop community discussed at the Linux App Summit 2026 how to make Linux systems more secure, robust, and user-friendly.

Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the third such bug to ...