Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...

A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned users to update their Linux systems following the discovery of a 9-year-old root access vulnerability.

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) ...

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an embargo was broken. Here’s the workaround.

Not every Linux distro is at risk.

CVE-2026-46333 is a nine-year Linux kernel improper privilege management flaw introduced in November 2016 with a CVSS score ...

PoC code has been released for DirtyDecrypt, a recently patched Linux kernel vulnerability allowing privilege escalation to ...

Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root access, marking the second time in as many weeks that a severe threat has ...