Two new vulnerabilities affecting Linux were uncovered this week that could potentially be used by malicious hackers to gain root privileges. One vulnerability, which was reported on Tuesday by ...

A researcher has discovered a new vulnerability called "Dirty_Sock" in the REST API for Canonical's snapd daemon that can allow attackers to gain root access on Linux machines. To illustrate how ...

A high-severity cache invalidation bug in the Linux kernel has been uncovered, which could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on the targeted system.

A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Looney Tunables. that can bump basic users to root was discovered, affecting a plethora of Linux installations.

The issue affects default installations of Ubuntu Server and Desktop and is likely included in many Ubuntu-like Linux distributions.

Dirty Sock vulnerability lets attackers gain root access on Linux systems After Dirty COW caused headaches in 2016, now Linux sysadmins have to worry about Dirty Sock.

In December 2016, the Linux team patched CVE-2016-8655, a security issue that was introduced in August 2011, and which also granted attackers root access.

Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted users Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities can be used to gain persistent root access.