CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.

CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the "Copy Fail" Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day ...

The Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root ...

Experts say until the distros release patches, CSOs have to beware of unauthorized privilege escalation; Kubernetes container ...

The new kernel's number ends in zero, but it's not a milestone release. Linux 7.0 boasts improvements in Rust, its scheduler - and it's further embracing AI. More than half a dozen distros will let ...

It takes 732 bytes. That is roughly the length of this paragraph, and it is all an attacker needs to seize full root control ...

Torvalds and the Linux maintainers are taking a pragmatic approach to using AI in the kernel. AI or no AI, it's people, not LLMs, who are responsible for Linux's code. If you try to mess around with ...

There are several Linux distros that people say are good alternatives to Windows 11. This particular one, called CachyOS, ...

CISA warns of the actively exploited “Copy Fail” Linux flaw (CVE-2026-31431), enabling root access, with a public exploit ...

What just happened? The stable Linux kernel 7.0 was officially released over the weekend, marking the first major version bump since version 6.0 launched in October 2022. The new release introduces ...