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98 postsLinux Page Cache Vulnerability via TC Pedit: A New Exploit
Discover the Linux TC Pedit page cache exploit enabling root access. Learn about the vulnerability and its fix.
The Hidden Risk of Giving LLM Agents Terminal Access
Giving autonomous AI agents shell access can wreck your filesystem. Open-source rewind-sdk uses OverlayFS to enable millisecond-fast checkpoints and rollbacks.
Meta Cuts Ads Latency With Open-Source sched_ext Kernel Scheduler
Meta used the open-source sched_ext BPF scheduler to fix a kernel-upgrade latency regression, cutting p99 latency 28% and saving 3.28MW fleet-wide.
CommitBrief — AI code reviews, right in your terminal
A provider-agnostic, local-first CLI that reviews your staged changes, a historic range, or a whole GitHub pull request. Zero telemetry, no server. Free and open source.
commitbrief.comNew Linux benchmark tests corruption, snapshots, rebuilds on 26 layouts
Open-source Linux benchmark tests btrfs, ZFS, bcachefs, ext4 and XFS across 26 configs for corruption, snapshots, rebuilds and ENOSPC handling.
LLM-Assisted Formal Verification Uncovers Two Critical nftables Bugs
Basis used LLM-guided formal verification in Rocq to audit Linux's nftables optimizer, uncovering two critical bugs since 2022.
NixOS Study Extends Trusting-Trust Backdoor Attack Beyond Compilers
New research shows Thompson's trusting-trust attack works via GNU strip, not just compilers, silently backdooring NixOS package builds.
Jailbox: Hardened, Network-Isolated KVM VMs for AI Coding Agents
Jailbox creates hardened, network-isolated KVM VMs to contain AI coding agents and untrusted code, with no route back to your host or LAN.
QuantmLayer Locks Down AI Coding Agents with Kernel-Level Sandboxing
QuantmLayer sandboxes AI coding agents with kernel-level containment (BPF-LSM, seccomp, cgroups), blocking attacks default Docker can't stop.
Linux 7.2 Released with Cache-Aware Scheduler and USB4STREAM
Linux 7.2 ships cache-aware task scheduling, a fairer GPU scheduler, USB4STREAM support, and Btrfs performance gains.
Rsync 3.5.0 Patches 33 Security Flaws in Path and Daemon Handling
Rsync 3.5.0 closes 33 security vulnerabilities, mostly symlink-race path handling bugs in the daemon and client, with CVE IDs and regression tests.