New KDP security feature is currently being tested with Windows 10 Insider builds. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Tag: kernel
Huawei denies involvement in buggy Linux kernel patch proposal
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•Huawei says employee submitted code as part of a personal project, not on behalf of the company. …read more Source:: Open Source
Netflix: BPF is a new type of software we use to run Linux apps securely in the kernel
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•A Netflix performance architect says BPF promises a fundamental change to a 50-year-old kernel model. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Automated testing comes to the Linux kernel: KernelCI
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•Linux, the most important software program in the world, has a major weak point: Poor testing. That’s changing, and one big sign of that is KernelCI, an automated testing framework …read more Source:: Open Source S
Linux to get kernel ‘lockdown’ feature
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•New Linux kernel “lockdown” module to limit high-privileged users — even root — from tampering with some kernel functionality. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Researchers find security flaws in 40 kernel drivers from 20 vendors
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•Affected vendors include the likes of Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ASRock, AMI, Gigabyte, Realtek, Huawei, and more. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Valve proposes game-friendly changes to the Linux kernel
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•Valve has long wanted Linux to be a serious gaming platform. It’s now taking its efforts into the Linux kernel itself. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Windows 10 is getting a Microsoft-built Linux kernel
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•Microsoft is adding its own open-sourced Linux kernel to Windows 10 to improve performance of Windows Subsystem on Linux. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Linux kernel gets another option to disable Spectre mitigations
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•People want more control over the Spectre mitigations for the sake of performance. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Google Project Zero to Linux distros: Your sluggish kernel patching puts users at risk
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•Project Zero accuses Linux distributions of leaving users exposed to known kernel vulnerabilities for weeks. …read more Source:: Open Source S