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Intel's Cache Aware Scheduling Inches Closer To Being Merged For Linux  Phoronix

Fragnesia Exploit Threatens Major Linux Distributions  SQ Magazine

In working toward the stable Plasma 6.7 desktop release in mid-June, out today is the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.7...

Another Day, Another Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux: Meet Fragnesia  Hackster.io

Sent out on Wednesday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver pull request of new feature code ready for DRM-Next as the staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. This doesn't yet land the HDMI 2.1 enablement work that's finally been taking place but it is preparing for that with the FRL register headers now in place as part of this merge...

New AMDGPU Driver Pull Request For Linux 7.2 Preps For HDML 2.1 FRL  Phoronix

Introduced to the Linux kernel last year was Control-flow Enforcement Technology "CET" virtualization for modern AMD and Intel CPUs. This complements CET that has existed in Linux for quite some time but it's new now to the KVM virtualization world, but some yet to be diagnosed problems are causing some hosts to hang when making use of this virtualization security feature...

Linux's KVM With CET Virtualization Is Causing Some Hosts To Hang  Phoronix

Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access  The Register

Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes  GamingOnLinux

New Fragnesia Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges  BleepingComputer

New Fragnesia Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges  BleepingComputer

Germany Awards €1.3 Million to KDE for Plasma Desktop Improvements and Linux Sovereignty Work  gHacks

PoC Exploit Released for Fragnesia Linux Flaw Enabling Root Access  gbhackers.com

1. New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption  The Hacker News
2. New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation  SecurityWeek
3. Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users  Phoronix

BudsLink Brings Advanced Earbud Controls to Linux Desktops  Linux Journal

Fragnesia Is Yet Another Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel  9to5Linux

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MySQL ships with decent built-in diagnostics, but when your database is slowing down under load, you need command-line tools that

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AGL combines Xen, Zephyr, and Linux containers in new SDV platform  LinuxGizmos.com

KDE: €1 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund To Strengthen Open Source Infrastructure  Pulse 2.0