New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions

A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...
SecurityWeek

19-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Root Access

Introduced in 2007, the CIFSwitch Linux kernel bug allows users to modify CIFS key description fields and gain root ...
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily ...
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Taming Strace

While many operating systems seem to try to prevent you from peeking under the hood, Unix and Linux positively encourage it.
Design And Reuse

AI-Accelerated Vulnerability Discovery: An Emergency in Software Security. Is Hardware Next?

They now identify vulnerabilities in production software at a speed, scale, and cost efficiency that no human team can match. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber are two prominent ...