However, the case uncovered by Amnesty shows student activists being targeted using three flaws in Android's Linux kernel USB drivers. The first, CVE-2024-53104, was patched in Android this month. The ...

The report shares technical details on "a sophisticated zero-day exploit chain targeting Android USB drivers, developed by Cellebrite." Amnesty explains, "The exploit, which targeted Linux kernel USB ...

The chain exploited a series of vulnerabilities in device drivers the Linux kernel uses to support USB hardware. “This new case provides further evidence that the authorities in Serbia have ...

After Amnesty shared its findings with Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Google's researchers were able to pinpoint three vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel USB drivers, also used in Android ...

Specifically, we are talking about zero-day exploits in the Linux kernel USB drivers, which allows a bad actor to bypass the Lock Screen protection and gain deep-level privileged access to a phone ...

As the exploit targets core Linux kernel USB drivers, the impact is not limited to a particular device or vendor and could affect a very wide range of devices,” Amnesty International said. “The same ...

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...

Final update Some Linux kernel maintainers remain unconvinced that adding Rust code to the open source project is a good idea, but its VIPs are coming out in support of the language's integration. In ...

A pretty interesting discussion is going on in the Linux kernel development community. Christoph Hellwig, one of the Kernel maintainer, has revealed that Linus Torvalds privately expressed his ...

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The NVIDIA open kernel modules support the same range of Linux kernel versions that are supported with the proprietary NVIDIA kernel modules. This is currently Linux kernel 4.15 or newer.