Google is also now offering $20,000 to $91,337 for new kernel exploits indefinitely after introducing this reward range on a temporary basis in February.

A serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been announced, with the researcher who discovered and reported it saying it "allows overwriting data in arbitrary read-only files. This leads to ...

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...

Back in February, we published a discussion of the vmsplice () exploit which showed how the failure to check permissions for a read operation led to a buffer overflow within the kernel.

Hackers will quickly jump on one of the 15 vulnerabilities Microsoft patched Tuesday to build attack code that infects Internet Explorer users, security researchers agreed today. The bug, which ...

Linux kernel: New exploit provides root rights Even security experts are unsure whether the vulnerability has been fixed in the latest kernel versions. There is also a dispute about the authorship.

Here's a delicious Byte of information for you. A proof of concept program on Linux was coded to exploit a known bug in how the Linux Kernel (versions 2.6.39+) handles permissions for the /proc ...

Topic ===== local root exploit in Linux kernel. Problem Description =================== There is a race condition involving ptrace/execve in Linux 2.2.x kernels that can be exploited to gain root.

A Linux kernel flaw first discovered earlier this month, for example, gives hackers a way to not just gain root privileges in 64-bit Linux operating systems but also to leave a “back door ...

Security researchers have located the first Duqu installer and found that it exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in the Windows kernel ...