Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage

"The Maintainers Summit reached consensus to deprecate the Assisted-by Tag," said Sasha Levin, a Linux kernel developer and ...

‘I use AI to do the things that I’m bad at’: Linus Torvalds on why it works for him

The Linux creator calls vibe coding 'a wonderful way to find joy in programming,' but not for running Linux development.
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Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory

A critical Linux kernel flaw let a guest VM read host memory in Vercel's live sandboxes; host code execution was shown only ...
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Onslaught of Linux kernel bugs forces cyber pros to rethink security boundaries

XBOW’s AI system found a high-severity Linux kernel flaw that can let some users gain root privileges. The bug affects SMC-D code that now runs on ordinary x86 Linux machines through loopback ...
ZDNet

What Linux kernel maintainers do and why they need your help

Monterrey, California: At the Linux Foundation Members Summit, Jonathan Corbet, Linux kernel developer and executive editor of Linux Weekly News, explained where the pain points are for Linux kernel ...
Phoronix

Linux Preps For New AMD Zen 6 BTB CTX Isolation Security Feature

A recently posted Linux kernel patch has revealed a new security improvement with Zen 6 processors. There is a new security defense following the Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) vulnerability ...
Phoronix

Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux

While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux kernel hasn't supported this functionality. But a ...