Linux, renowned for its robustness and flexibility, owes much of its adaptability to kernel modules. These modules are critical components that extend the kernel’s capabilities without requiring a ...

Hi all,<BR><BR>I have Redhat 9 running on my IBM Thinkpad 770.<BR><BR>I found out that to enable sound, I need to run the following command as root: modprobe -a cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 ...

With one compromised account, Dirty Frag can expose your system. No patch can protect you from all possible attacks yet. To stay safe, you'll need to block several services, including VPNs. Linux has ...

In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week we'll ...

Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact, unless users inquire about ...

Topic ===== local root exploit in linux kernel Problem Description ===== he Linux kernel has a security flaw that is known as ptrace/modprobe bug: The local attacker can use ptrace and attach to a ...

Wine 11 brings near-native performance to Windows games on Linux. Thanks to NTSYNC, performance bottlenecks are a thing of the past. Wine 11 is now available in most distro default repositories. I ...

In the past someone suggested to me that I use the linux-wlan driver because it supports my chipset.<BR><BR>But Fedora is currently using a different driver.<BR>Below is what dmesg shows when I plug ...

A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim, who disclosed ...