I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel didn’t ...

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT has detected a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability (Dirty Frag) disclosed online. Attackers use the logical defects of splice system calls in conjunction ...

Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact, unless users inquire about ...