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A new Linux kernel flaw called 'Fragnesia' lets local attackers gain root through page cache corruption

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s networking stack gives any user with local shell access a reliable path to full root ...
Linux Journal

Book Review - The Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems

Thomas Herbert's book The Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems is a thorough guided tour of the Linux kernel TCP/IP implementation. Herbert builds his description of Linux networking, ...

Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access

Fresh kernel flaw comes with public exploit code and continues ugly run of highly reliable privilege escalation bugs tied to ...
Bleeping Computer

How to enable Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11

Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection is a security feature introduced in Windows 11 22H2 that protects systems from various memory attacks, such as stack buffer overflows. Microsoft added ...
Linux Journal

Securing the Kernel Stack

The Linux kernel stack is a tempting target for attack. This is because the kernel needs to keep track of where it is. If a function gets called, which then calls another, which then calls another, ...
Neowin

HWiNFO fixes Windows 11 legacy CPU usage reading, kernel hardware stack driver issue

HWiNFO is one of the best free hardware monitoring tools. The latest version of the software has fixed legacy CPU usage reading on Windows 11, a kernel-mode hardware stack driver bug, and more. HWiNFO ...
Embedded

Device drivers in user space

Here are the benefits and some caveats to running data-path applications in the user space. Discussed is Linux's UIO framework. Traditionally, packet-processing or data-path applications in Linux have ...