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Suse’s kGraft looks to put live kernel patching back into Linux

04

Feb

2014

Being able to patch a Linux kernel without a restart hit a brick wall when Oracle bought Ksplice in 2011, but Suse hopes to restore former glories with kGraft.

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Linux Kernel Exploit Ported to Android

12

Jun

2013

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. The recent discovery of a Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2094 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2094) in the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL)-currently being exploited on various platforms-has now been modified to work on the Android operating system. For anyone unfamiliar with […]

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Welcome back, Linux kernel!

04

Oct

2011

Just under a month ago, the official distribution site for the Linux kernel was taken offline following an embarrasing malware incident. The brains behind the Linux kernel discovered malware on the PC of at least one kernel maintainer, as well as on some of the kernel.org servers themselves. (Yes, Linux malware. Not only in the […]

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