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Linux 6.3 Offers Improved Security and Functionality for Users

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The latest version of Linux, Linux 6.3, has been released following a "nice, controlled release cycle," according to project boss Linus Torvalds. The release cycle required seven release candidates, which were supported by helpful developer behavior.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 01, 2023

Linux Kernel 6.3 Is Released with Some Major New Features

The latest Linux kernel boasts security, speed, and power improvements for Intel, AMD, ARM, and RISC-V architectures.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 27, 2023

SELinux In Linux 6.4 Removes Run-Time Disabling Support

After being deprecated for several years, Security Enhanced Linux "SELinux" beginning with the Linux 6.4 kernel can no longer be run-time disabled.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2023

OpenSSF Give Supply Chain Security a Boost with SLSA 1.0

Supply chain security represents a complex challenge for organizations across industries, but it might be getting just a bit easier today with the release of the SLSA (pronounced salsa) 1.0 specification.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2023

OpenBSD 7.3 Released With AMD RDNA3 Graphics, Guided Disk Encryption

Theo de Raadt has released OpenBSD 7.3 as the 54th release for this BSD operating system project.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 12, 2023

Linux 6.3-rc3 Adding Protection From Malicious Guests Hammering AMD's Secure Processor

A change sent in this Sunday ahead of the Linux 6.3-rc3 release is a late addition adding a throttling mechanism to protect the hypervisor from potentially malicious AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) guests. The change is to protect the AMD Secure Processor from being potentially overloaded with requests by nefarious guest VMs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 23, 2023

Intel CET Shadow Stack Support Set To Be Introduced With Linux 6.4

After being in development for years, Intel's shadow stack support is set to be merged for the upcoming Linux 6.4 cycle. The shadow stack support is part of Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) security functionality.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 23, 2023

Pentesters' Fave Kali Linux Turns 10 with Version 23.1

The developers of specialized security-testing distro Kali Linux have released the first version of 2023, which marks the project's tenth anniversary… but only in this incarnation.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2023

Microsoft Pluton TPM CRB Functionality Merged Into Linux 6.3

Linus Torvalds merged to Linux 6.3 Git the TPM CRB support for Microsoft's controversial Pluton security co-processor that is initially found in the latest AMD Ryzen processors.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2023

openSUSE Begins Enforcing Secure Boot Kernel Lockdown

Linux distro openSUSE has begun enforcing Kernel Lockdown when Secure Boot is enabled, creating issues for many users.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2023

LoongArch With Linux 6.3 Enhances Security With KASLR

Loongson engineers continue working to improve their MIPS64-derived, RISC-V-inspired LoongArch CPU architecture code. With the in-development Linux 6.3 kernel are yet more improvements, including now supporting Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) for better security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 02, 2023

Microsoft Increasing Linux Security On Hyper-V With VTL/VSM Support

Microsoft engineers continue to work heavily on enhancing the Linux support for Hyper-V considering that in the Azure public cloud at last report was more than 50% of their VMs running Linux. Microsoft has continued implementing more Hyper-V features within the Linux kernel and their latest is working on Virtual Trust Level (VTL) integration as part of Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) handling.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 01, 2023

Open Source Security Foundation's Criticality Score 2.0 Debuts To Rank Important OSS Projects

Back in 2020 Google and the Open-Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) came up with a "Criticality Score" to rank the importance/criticality of open-source projects. The Criticality Score is a means of quantifying the importance of an open-source project such as if in need of funding or development assistance. Criticality Score 2.0 has now been published.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 27, 2023

systemd 253: You're Looking at the Future of Enterprise Linux Boot Processes

The first systemd release of 2023 is here, and it introduces a brand spanking new tool for building Unified Kernel Image (UKI) files.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 21, 2023

Linux Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization "KASLR" For RISC-V

While there has been much work on the Linux kernel's RISC-V CPU architecture support, a feature not tackled until now has been the Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) support for randomizing the kernel mapping to enhance system security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 17, 2023

The Quest to Make Linux Bulletproof

Commercial Unix was expensive so it was carefully tended – and indeed tendered. Linux is free so it has to fend for itself.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2023

Make Linux Safer… Or Die Trying

The OS family isn't broken – so why are so many companies trying to fix it?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2023

Patches Updated For Hooking eBPF Programs Into The Linux Kernel Scheduler

Published back in November were a set of patches for allowing (e)BPF to extend the Linux kernel's scheduler. That interesting work is continuing with Friday having brought a second revision to the patches.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 30, 2023

A DevSecOps Process for Node.js Projects

Node.js is an open source development platform for running JavaScript code on the server side. Node is useful for developing applications that require a persistent browser-server connection and is often used for real-time applications such as chat, social applications, or news feeds.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2023

Linux FU: UEFI Booting

Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start your operating system.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2023

Security Projects - Page 5

The End of the Road for Linux 6.11: A Call to Upgrade to Kernel 6.12

Exploring Arch Linux 2024.12.01: Security Implications & Notable Enhancements for Linux Admins

Deck the Halls with Enhanced Security: Linux Kernel 6.13's Top Features & Improvements