A Kernel Potato: Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux distributions available, it is a free and open source operating system based on Debian, and is used by both end users and enterprise ventures. It's ...

Kernel version numbers in Linux are famously arbitrary. Linus Torvalds changes the major digit when the minor number feels too big. However, version 7.0 is shaping up to be a substantial release, ...

Following the Windows Subsystem for Linux 3.0.2 release with support for running WSL2 now on very large servers and also experimental sparse VHD storage support, Microsoft has now released a new ...

A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers elevate ...

Linux kernel version 6.12, released in November of 2024, has been named as the next LTS, or long-term support kernel. What this means is that it will receive at least two years of maintenance updates, ...

Once upon a time — in 2015, to be precise — Linux creator Linus Torvalds grew sick and tired of long, confusing Linux kernel version numbers. Since he was “close to running out of fingers and toes,” ...