The Pixel 6 is the first device to ship with an in-house "Google Tensor" SoC, and if the theories about longer Google support timelines are right, being able to jump major kernel versions would be ...

The idea of updating your Linux kernel can sound intimidating, especially if you're new to the ecosystem or if your ...

The upstream Linux kernel project recently ended its six-year support lifetime commitment for LTS releases, which would’ve been bad for the security of Android devices, so Google had to step up.

Our objective in this chapter is to introduce the basics of Linux device drivers. We’ll begin with the concept of installable kernel modules. Then we’ll look at the basic device driver APIs in the ...

Security researchers have discovered three privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that have managed to avoid detection since 2006. Cybersecurity company GRIMM found the ...

As a standard feature of the Linux kernel, device tree overlays (DTOs) allow for easy enabling and configuration of features and drivers, such as those contained within the standard firmware of a ...