News stories tagged with #security
Linux Ecosystem in Motion: Security Updates, Performance Boosts, and New Technologies
The Linux ecosystem is undergoing significant developments: Libinput has released security patches for critical vulnerabilities, while CachyOS and Rust Coreutils deliver performance improvements. Redox OS introduces a new CPU scheduler, Miracle-WM adds a WebAssembly plugin system, and ASUS hints at a 20th-anniversary special edition for its ROG Crosshair series. These advancements highlight the rapid evolution of open-source software and hardware innovation.
Linux 7.0: New Security Features, File System Improvements, and Ceph Support
Linux 7.0 introduces key updates including user-space control-flow integrity (CFI) support for RISC-V to enhance security against ROP attacks, alongside an optimized strlen implementation. The NTFS3 driver gains improvements such as better readahead, fsync optimizations, and delayed allocation support, while the competing NTFS Remake driver continues development. AppArmor receives enhancements like per-permission tagging and execpath in user namespaces, improving security and debugging. Additionally, the Linux 7.0 kernel adds AES256K key support for Ceph authentication based on Kerberos 5 / AES256-CTS-HMAC384-192, expanding Ceph's encryption capabilities.