Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage

"The Maintainers Summit reached consensus to deprecate the Assisted-by Tag," said Sasha Levin, a Linux kernel developer and ...
The Hacker News

Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory

A critical Linux kernel flaw let a guest VM read host memory in Vercel's live sandboxes; host code execution was shown only ...
Phoronix

Linux 7.4 Kernel Crypto Library Enjoying Optimized AES Implementations On x86 & RISC-V

The latest Linux kernel cryptographic subsystem performance work carried out by Google engineer Eric Biggers is migrating x86 ...
ZDNet

What Linux kernel maintainers do and why they need your help

Monterrey, California: At the Linux Foundation Members Summit, Jonathan Corbet, Linux kernel developer and executive editor of Linux Weekly News, explained where the pain points are for Linux kernel ...
Phoronix

Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux

While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux kernel hasn't supported this functionality. But a ...
techtarget

User mode vs. kernel mode: OSes explained

Computers separate the OS into two modes for resource allocation and security purposes. The distinction protects a computer system's basic functionality and ensures stability. While the computer is ...