Serious security bugs in key parts of the latest Linux code have been fixed, but some small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan. In December, Coverity looked at version 2.6.9 of ...

After a two-week lag, a flaw in the latest Linux kernel that could cause systems to lose data is fixed. New bug-tracking efforts should button up future patch processes. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

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 ...

Linus Torvalds has updated the Linux kernel to fix a bug brought to light by a recent computer virus, according to reports published on Wednesday. The proof-of-concept virus was submitted to Russian ...

It's easy to bypass, though.

The 12-year-old flaw in the sudo-like Polkit’s pkexec tool, found in all major Linux distributions, is likely to be exploited in the wild within days. Every major Linux distribution has an easily ...

To recap a bit of the article, this is a privilege escalation bug, not a remote exploit. It allows someone who has user-level access to a Linux box to increase their privileges to root, total control ...

Linux gamers do much more effective bug reporting for games than their Windows counterparts, according to game dev Kodera Software. The number of bugs as well the quality of reporting are superior.

Programmers have found a bug in newer versions of the Linux operating system that, under unusual circumstances, could cause systems to drop data. The data-loss bug afflicts the newest 2.4.20 version ...