A large number of Linux based systems are likely vulnerable due to a high-impact race condition flaw that was found in the Linux kernel. Kernel versions prior to 5.0.8 are affected by this vulnerability (CVE-2019-11815), which resides in rds_tcp_kill_sock in net/rds/tcp.c. “There is a race condition leading to a…
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Security researchers at Qualys have disclosed three vulnerabilities that affect a system service part of SYSTEMD, the popular but controversial Linux system and service manager. SystemD is available for most Linux based operating systems and could allow unprivileged local attackers or malicious programs to gain root access on the…
Linux in 2019 – What can we expect? Kernel 5.0, growing dominance in AI and IoT, and more Linux is master of the back-end. Every year the operating system becomes faster, more flexible and safer. Let us look forward to some of the highlights that we can expect in…