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CVE-2024-26809: Linux nftables Double-Free Vulnerability  The Cyber Express

PoC Exploit Released For Linux Kernel’s nftables Subsystem Vulnerability  CybersecurityNews

Updated Nouveau Driver Patches For NVIDIA Hopper & Blackwell GPUs  Phoronix

At the end of April was the open-source surprise of NVIDIA posting Nouveau Linux driver patches for their Hopper and Blackwell GPUs. This comes to complement their official (open-source but out of tree) kernel driver support for these newer NVIDIA GPUs and in the absence of the modern Rust-based NOVA Linux kernel driver not being in working shape yet on the mainline kernel. An updated version of these Nouveau driver patches for NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell GPUs were posted overnight...

Queued within the development tree for the RISC-V processor code for the Linux kernel is supporting several new vendor-specific ISA extensions for SiFive RISC-V CPU cores...

PoC Code Published for Linux nftables Security Vulnerability  GBHackers News

7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint  MSN

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Continuing our exploration of lesser-known Linux commands, let’s dive into some more hidden gems that can help you manage your

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The command-line shell is an essential tool for interacting with the operating system, allowing users to execute commands, automate tasks,

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Shotcut 25.05 was released on Sunday as the newest feature release for this non-linear, open-source video editing software...

While it took two and a half years for DragonFlyBSD 6.4.1 to materialize from DragonFlyBSD 6.4, only one week passed since that recent v6.4.1 release to now see v6.4.2...

Linus Torvalds notes negative trend in Linux 6.15-rc6, here's what's new  Neowin

Linus Torvalds notes negative trend in Linux 6.15-rc6, here's what's new  Neowin

Linus Torvalds has released Linux 6.15-rc6 today with hopes of releasing Linux 6.15 stable in two weeks...

Linux 6.15-rc6 Released With AMD Performance Fix & Other Bugs Addressed  Phoronix

Linux 6.15 Fix Merged For Sizable Performance Regression On Newer AMD CPUs  Phoronix

At the end of April I reported on a significant performance regression affecting newer AMD CPUs and was bisected to a change in the AMD SRSO mitigation handling for Zen 4/5 processors with the Linux 6.15 kernel. The fix for that significant performance regression was merged today ahead of the imminent Linux 6.15-rc6 release...

Merged today to Linux Git ahead of the Linux 6.15-rc6 release is support for several more gaming controllers...

Linux 6.15 Adds Support For Several More Gaming Controllers  Phoronix

5 Things I Do on Linux to Make It More Secure  How-To Geek