My mouse finally got a day off.

Having Linux on so many devices is both a blessing and a curse. Sure, it is great that you can hack on things and modify them ...

Linux kernel maintainers released a June 20 Linux 7.2 merge that removes the legacy C string-copy function strncpy from kernel code. Kernel-side is the key scope: strncpy remains part of user-space C ...

Here's why you should ditch them too.

Two Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed within a week of each other. Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), disclosed on 29 April 2026 by security firm Theori, ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access on affected systems. A Linux kernel flaw is giving attackers a ...

I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid ...

CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the "Copy Fail" Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day after Theori researchers disclosed it and shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) ...

Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS ...

Some distributions have already released patches or mitigations for the exploit, including Arch Linux and RedHat Fedora. Some distributions have already released patches or mitigations for the ...

Facepalm: Security researchers recently unveiled "Copy Fail," a bug that could potentially bring the entire Linux ecosystem to a screeching halt. The flaw can be reliably exploited across all ...

It's not often that a major vulnerability is found in the Linux kernel, but when it does happen, it demands attention. Such is the case with "Copy Fail", which has just been found and disclosed by ...