Similar to the “Copy Fail” exploit revealed a week ago, the two “Dirty Frag” exploits CVE-2026-43284 also allow a local user to give themselves root privileges on nearly any Linux distribution. …
Nearly every Linux distribution released since 2017 is currently vulnerable to a security bug called “Copy Fail” that allows any user to give themselves administrator privileges. …
… That means there will always be the option of removing those Snaps.” The ability to remove the Snaps for the AI features, or choose not to install them to begin with, may resolve some users’ concerns, but those who prefer to avoid AI entirely could end up switching to other distributions, including… …
… But as it made the rounds online, Linux laptop maker Carl Richell read the proposal with dismay. Carl Richell is the founder and CEO of Denver-based System76, which also develops the Pop! OS Linux distribution. …
… Quite unusual these days!” The Linux version of Little Snitch is available now for free and currently supports Linux distributions using kernel 6.12 or newer.
One of the most popular Linux distributions is about to get an influx of AI features. As reported by Phoronix, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Ubuntu developer Canonical, shared a blog post on Monday detailing plans to add AI features to the Linux distro over the next year. …
Version 6.2 of Raspberry Pi’s Linux distribution, released on Tuesday, disables passwordless administrator-level commands, which were previously enabled by default for the sake of ease of use, despite security risks. “If you use sudo for administrator-level access, you will be prompted to enter the… …
… Some of it has to do with the fact that I deliberately chose a relatively new rolling distribution based on Arch Linux rather than a more mainstream distribution with a predictable release cycle, like Ubuntu. …
… Similar to the “Copy Fail” exploit revealed a week ago, the two “Dirty Frag” exploits CVE-2026-43284 also allow a local user to give themselves root privileges on nearly any Linux distribution. …