… AI-driven security research firm Calif.io along with other parties discovered a kernel use-after-free via file descriptor system calls. Meanwhile others using GLM-5.1 from Z.ai found missing validation in ptrace PT SC REMOTE that can allow unprivileged local users to escalate privileges to root. …
… The FreeBSD Security Team will be using publicly-available large language models while some of those involved also have access to Clade Mythos via Project Glasswing. More details on this new AI-assisted vulnerability discovery initiative for FreeBSD can be found via FreeBSDFoundation.org . …
… These latest security vulnerabilities were uncovered using AI... In particular, Trend Micro's TrendAI Zero Day Initiative. TrendAI found eight of the nine vulnerabilities made public today with longtime X.Org input developer Peter Hutterer of Red Hat discovering the ninth. …
… FreeBSD 15.1 Released With Updated WiFi Drivers, Better C23 Support & Other Improvements FreeBSD Receives Funding To Launch AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery FreeBSD 15.1 Delayed To Mid-June Due To Critical x86 Bug Fixes FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs FreeBSD Foundat…
… FreeBSD Receives Funding To Launch AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery FreeBSD 15.1 Delayed To Mid-June Due To Critical x86 Bug Fixes FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop FreeBSD 15.1-RC1 Released: F…
… It's a random assortment of different improvements as well as bug/security fixes driven in part by the flow of AI/LLM generated discoveries. Among the many input updates, the Synaptics RMI4 driver is updated for Linux 7.3 to now use touchscreen dimensions from the platform data where available. …
… Stemming from the recent influx of security bugs to the Linux kernel as well as an uptick in bug and security reports from discoveries made in full or in part with AI, additional documentation was warranted. …
… With Sunday's Redb 4.1 release the announcement was prefixed by noting: "This release contains a large number of bug fixes discovered by AI coding agents" The AI coding work to jump out at me the most was a 1.5x speedup on some benchmarks via optimized cache usage and write performance work. …
… The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden The Good & The Bad When Using LLMs To Write Spack Packages Linux 7.0 Adds Support For New Keys On Upcoming Laptop…
… FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop FreeBSD 15.1-RC1 Released: Fixes With Now Seeing More AI-Discovered Security Issues OpenBSD 7.9 Released With Support For Up To 255 x86 64 CPU Cores, WiFi 6 FreeB…