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 ...

Have you ever felt the urge to make your own private binary format for use in Linux? Perhaps you have looked at creating the smallest possible binary when compiling a project, and felt disgusted with ...

I've been building my own kernels on Ubuntu (technically, Kubuntu 14.04) for years, using `make-kpkg` from the kernel-package package. All I had to do after ...

A practical guide to the Linux Kernel Crypto API with code examples for developers and security engineers, covering AF_ALG ...

NVIDIA has open-sourced its Linux GPU kernel drivers for products made and released after 2018. This means GPU functionalities like the clock and thermal management are now available for tweaking.

A recently patched local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rxgk module now has a proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to gain root access on some Linux systems. Named ...

A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability is intensifying concerns about the stability of recent kernel security fixes, after researchers revealed a ...

Another Linux kernel flaw has handed local unprivileged users a way to peek at files they should never be able to read, ...