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Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability.

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Linux 7.1 Powers Up Apple MacBooks with Mainline Battery Monitoring via MFD Overhaul
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Linux 7.1 Powers Up Apple MacBooks with Mainline Battery Monitoring via MFD Overhaul

WebProNews·Emma Rogers·about 1 month ago
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Linux 7.1 merges MFD updates enabling Apple SMC power driver for MacBook battery metrics, plus Intel LPSS extensions. Asahi Linux efforts bring mainline parity to Silicon chips amid kernel's hardware push.

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Embraces Rust Core Tools and Kernel 7.0 in Bold Server Push
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Embraces Rust Core Tools and Kernel 7.0 in Bold Server Push

WebProNews·Name·about 1 month ago
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Canonical's Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Resolute Raccoon, ships with Linux 7.0, GNOME 50 Wayland-only, Rust sudo and coreutils. It drops X11 and cgroup v1, hikes RAM needs to 6GB, and bolsters server security with post-quantum crypto and confidential computing.

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Intel Archives Open-Source Evangelism Hub Amid Restructuring Wave, Signaling Narrower OSS Focus
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Intel Archives Open-Source Evangelism Hub Amid Restructuring Wave, Signaling Narrower OSS Focus

WebProNews·Ava Callegari·about 1 month ago
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Intel archives its open-source evangelism repo and more projects amid restructuring, shifting from broad outreach to product-focused contributions. Layoffs and strategy changes orphan drivers and end demos like Clear Linux.

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Rust’s Quiet Surge: How Memory Safety Fuels Linux Kernel Speed and Reliability Gains
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Rust’s Quiet Surge: How Memory Safety Fuels Linux Kernel Speed and Reliability Gains

WebProNews·Name·about 1 month ago
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Rust's compile-time safeguards are making Linux kernels faster and far more reliable, from driver stability to 2% speedups in 7.1's inline helpers. Permanent since 7.0, it's reshaping core infrastructure without rewriting C.

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