A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

This AI research tool saved me hours organizing technical notes, but it has one fatal flaw at scale.

A recent update on the Linux kernel patch mailing list, spotted by Phoronix, includes scant details about a previously ...

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...

CVE-2026-43503 DirtyClone is the fourth DirtyFrag-family privilege escalation in six weeks. JFrog's public PoC raises the ...

Linux kernel developers are moving to deprecate the AF_ALG cryptographic interface as part of an ongoing effort to reduce kernel attack surface and improve overall system security. AF_ALG allows ...

Flathub, Linux's dominant Flatpak application repository, enacted a sweeping ban on AI-generated and AI-assisted content on May 29, cutting off developers who use tools like GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT ...

Linux kernel boss Linus Torvalds has signaled he’ll push back when he receives irrelevant pull requests, after complaining that developers are making badly timed and trivial submissions, sometimes ...

Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has now been released for a recently patched security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow for local privilege escalation (LPE). Dubbed DirtyDecrypt (aka ...

Two Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed within a week of each other. Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), disclosed on 29 April 2026 by security firm Theori, ...

Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS ...