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Short Bytes: Last week, we reported about the serious TCP flaw in Linux kernel that can hijack Linux devices in 60 seconds. Now, according to a report by security firm Lookout, the same flaw also affects around 1.4 billion Android devices. It’s expected that Google will release a fix for the same in the upcoming Android […]
Short Bytes: It has been confirmed that Linux kernel 4.9 release will be the next LTS kernel branch. This Long Term Release is expected to receive fixes and updates for a couple of years. If everything goes as expected, kernel 4.9 will arrive towards the end of November 2016. Linux kernel developer and maintainer Greg […]
Short Bytes: Researchers have found a critical flaw that affects all Linux kernel version 3.6 and beyond. If left unnoticed, this flaw allows a range of harmful blind off-path TCP attacks that can compromise the security of a Linux user with a success rate of 90%. The researchers have proposed certain changes and implementation of a […]
Short Bytes: Opening the gates of a whole new world for Microsoft fans, upcoming Linux kernel 4.8 is adding Surface 3 support. Now, Surface 3 users can enjoy better touchscreen support after installing a Linux distro on their devices. It’s one of the many big changes coming to Linux kernel 4.8, which is slated to […]
Short Bytes: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has finally announced the release of Linux kernel 4.7. After seven Release Candidates, kernel 4.7 is here with numerous bug fixes, new features, and security changes. This release also brings the support for new AMD Radeon RX 480 GPUs. For the past two months, Linux kernel 4.7 has been […]
Short Bytes: Linux Torvalds is again mad over some developers due to their “disturbing” coding style. He has bashed the networking developers by pointing out their “brain-damaged” commenting syntax and listed out the styles that a Linux kernel developer should use. Linux creator Linus Torvalds likes to keep his code clean and takes surprising methods to […]
On June 1st, I reported an arbitrary recursion bug in the Linux kernel that can be triggered by a local user on Ubuntu if the system was installed with home directory encryption support. If you want to see the crasher, the exploit code and the shorter bug report, go to https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836. Prerequisites On Linux, userland […]
We, the people at fossBytes, have always been supportive of the Open Source Movement (so much that even the name of our site has ‘FOSS’ embodied in it *chuckles*). And at its core, there is Linux Kernel (pun intended). Be it the smallest Android smartphone or the biggest of servers, Linux has become the very […]
Short Bytes: Symantec’s automated threat analysis system, Norton Safe Web, claims that Linux kernel’s website kernel.org contains 4 threats and shows a red flag to the users. Looking at Norton’s past record, this threat detection could be just another false warning. symantec’s online malware scanner websitesafeweb.norton.com claims that kernel.org, the home to Linux kernel is […]
Short Bytes: After seven release candidates, the Linux 4.6 kernel was officially released by Linus Torvalds on May 15. As the third major Linux kernel release in 2016, the Linux 4.6 kernel is here 8 weeks after the Linux 4.5 kernel. It includes many changes like the support for OrangeFS file system, USB 3.1 SuperSpeed […]
Short Bytes: The code of Linux kernel of Chinese chipmaker Allwinner contains an easily exploitable root backdoor. Combined with networked services, this could be used to perform remote exploits on the Allwinner’s ARM processor devices. The affected devices also include popular developer boards like Orange Pi and Banana Pi. Allwinner is a Chinese company that makes […]
This is kind of a big deal because the mess is in 14.04 LTS, expiry date 2019. Ubuntu has patched four Linux kernel vulnerabilities that allowed for arbitrary code execution and denial of service attacjs. The flaws (CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2016-2085, CVE-2016-2550, CVE-2016-2847) is fixed in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Researcher Venkatesh Pottem found a use-after-free vulnerability in the […]
Android re-installation ahoy to sink privilege elevation that opens avenue for rooting apps. Google has shipped an out-of-band patch for Android shuttering a bug that is under active exploitation to root devices. The vulnerability (CVE-2015-1805) affects all Android devices running Linux kernel versions below 3.18. The vulnerability allows a privilege elevation rated critical that lets apps […]
Image | Reddit Short Bytes: Linux kernel 4.1.15, a branch of 4.1.x LTS version, is now available for download. It’s the same version that ran on Skynet’s T-800 Terminator used by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It seems, just like fossBytes, Skynet cared a lot about open source. Back in February, when Linus Torvalds announced that it was time […]
Linus Torvalds says almost no-one ‘actually ever hit the problem’, or will code at Xmas. Linux Lord Linus Torvalds says the fourth release candidate of Linux 4.4 contained “a fairly bad core bug” that’s since been squashed, but may not have rung many alarm bells anyway. “Another week, another rc,” Torvalds writes on the Linux […]
Short Bytes: Linus Torvalds says, “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” What if you show him some code and it pisses him off? Well, you are about to discover the answer in an unapologetic rant full of swears. Father of the Linux is a legendary software engineer who gets angry when he sees bad […]
Short Bytes: Today, we are sharing an interactive Linux Kernel map that will teach you the basics and understand the various subsystems. Take a look. The internet runs on Linux, everybody knows this fact. The Linux Kernel is one of the most complex and popular open source projects. If you wish to learn the basics, […]
Short Bytes: Earlier this week, Linux Kernel 4.2 was released. The new kernel improves cryptographic features with new random number generator and support for new standards. Earlier this week, after eight release candidates, Linux Kernel 4.2 is available. According to the Linux founder Linus Torvalds, only a few fixes were needed in the last week’s release. This […]