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Linux 7.1 Delivers Performance Regression Fix For Sheaves

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 16, 2026

Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks

…Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them. They target caches in networking and memory-fragment…

May 11, 2026 · Dan Goodin

Linux 7.1 Gets Rid Of Some Unnecessary Memory Clobbers

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 15, 2026

Linux's Second-In-Command Turns To New Fuzzing Tools For Uncovering Kernel Bugs

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 7, 2026

Linux's sched_ext Sees A Bunch Of Bug Fixes Following Increased AI Code Review

…Root Privilege On All Distributions IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support

Apr 29, 2026

Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More

…Torvalds' release commentary is now available .) Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping…

Apr 26, 2026

Linux 7.1 Picks Up The MMC Changes After Rejected By Linus In Linux 7.0

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 16, 2026

Linux 7.1 sched_ext Brings cgroup Sub-Scheduler Groundwork, Idle SMT Sibling Improvement

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 16, 2026

Linux Sound Subsystem Also Seeing Many Fixes Driven By AI/LLMs

…3 Comments It's not only the Linux networking subsystem where many fixes have been appearing -- including several notable security fixes for local privilege escalation issues -- leading to "craziness" from AI / LLMs…

May 22, 2026

Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes

…Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler…

Apr 10, 2026

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Linux 7.1 Delivers Performance Regression Fix For Sheaves

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Fragnesia: Linux kernel local privilege escalation via ESP-in-TCP

Linux's sched_ext Sees A Bunch Of Bug Fixes Following Increased AI Code Review

Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More

Linux 7.1 Picks Up The MMC Changes After Rejected By Linus In Linux 7.0

Linux 7.1 sched_ext Brings cgroup Sub-Scheduler Groundwork, Idle SMT Sibling Improvement

Linux Sound Subsystem Also Seeing Many Fixes Driven By AI/LLMs

Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes