Linux kernel versions 5.10-rc4, 5.4.66, and 5.9.8 are impacted and a patch was merged on December 3 to tackle the bug. Users are urged to update their builds to later versions.

Following a packet's journey through the kernel can be an interesting experience. In our trip we encountered typical kernel data structures (such as skbuffs), discovered idiomatic programming ...

The quickest way to determine what and how many processors are installed on a Linux system is to turn to the mighty gateway of kernel data -- the /proc pseudo-filesystem. In it, you'll find a file ...

Kernel awareness for ARM DS-5 tools provides on-demand views of kernel data structures such as threads, queues, etc. during the debug process.

New research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up to 30% simply by altering around 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel’s network stack. New research has found that ...

struct firmware { size_t size; const u8 *data; }; This constitutes an API change for anyone using the request_firmware() interface. In-tree drivers have been modified by Woodhouse appropriately ...

Microsoft has published today the first technical details about a new security feature that will soon be part of Windows 10.. Named Kernel Data Protection (KDP), Microsoft says this feature will ...