📰 x86 Kernel Shadow Stacks Being Worked On For Linux As Powerful Control Flow Protection

Linux user-space for several years had shadow stack support for hardware-enforced control-flow enforcement in defending against return oriented programming (ROP) attacks. Intel Tigerlake and newer CPUs or AMD Zen 3 and newer have the necessary hardware shadow stacks support. Shadow stacks have been effective for helping user-space software fend ROP attacks while now there is new work toward bringing shadow stack support for kernel space on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Shadow-Stacks

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Vulkan Games on Linux

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today to fix a few bugs to improve support for Vulkan games on Linux, the Steam updater UI, and Remote Play when using NVENC.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/latest-steam-client-update-improves-support-for-vulkan-games-on-linux

#linux #steam

📰 This Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data

Aimed at hardware exposed to radiation, like satellites, BeamFS can repair data without keeping a second copy.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17502832/beamfs-linux-filesystem-proposal

#linux

📰 PipeWire 1.6.10 Is Out to Improve JACK, Bluetooth, Pulse Server, and ALSA Plugin

PipeWire 1.6.10 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improvements to JACK, Bluetooth, GStreamer, and ALSA support.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-10-is-out-to-improve-jack-bluetooth-pulse-server-and-alsa-plugin

#linux

📰 Two CVSS 9.0 Linux KSMBD RCE Flaws Disclosed on Public Mailing Lists Before Kernel Fixes

Linux servers running KSMBD, the kernel's built-in SMB server, are exposed to two publicly reported remote code execution flaws rated 9.0 by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, with no fix yet in the mainline kernel.One of them, ZDI-CAN-33774, can be triggered before any network authentication. The other, ZDI-CAN-33549, requires the SMB Direct transport and an RDMA-capable network.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/two-cvss-90-linux-ksmbd-rce-flaws.html

#kernel #linux

📰 AI Helping To Improve Linux's AMD Zen CPU Microarchitecture Detection

A request for comments (RFC) was sent out last night on the Linux kernel mailing list in seeking to clean-up the AMD Zen microarchitecture detection within the kernel. This is for enhancing the kernel where there are code paths specific to a certain generation of AMD Zen processors or select generations such as Zen 3 through Zen 5 CPUs. AI was leveraged in helping to clean-up this AMD Zen code in the Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-AMD-Zen-AI-Detection

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Shelly 3.1.9 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AUR Support

Shelly 3.1.9 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with file migration support to RLPM, more reliable AUR builds, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-9-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-aur-support

#arch #linux

📰 Researchers Demonstrate Node2Shell RCE Exploit on Node.js Build Using Crafted Brotli Data

Malicious Brotli data can make an application on an official build of Node.js run attacker-supplied code, security researchers at Imperva have demonstrated.Their "Node2Shell" proof of concept ran code on the official Node.js 24.22.0 image for Linux arm64, with no debugger or custom build, by feeding crafted data to the bundled Brotli decoder (CVE-2026-111497). Node.js disclosed the flaw.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-demonstrate-node2shell-rce.html

#linux

📰 Bazzite Linux announce ROG XBOX Ally X20 and Acer Predator Atlas support is in testing

Another release of the popular Bazzite Linux is coming up, with new devices currently in testing like the ROG XBOX Ally X20 and Acer Predator Atlas.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/bazzite-linux-announce-rog-xbox-ally-x20-and-acer-predator-atlas-support-is-in-testing/

#linux

📰 Factorio 2.1 is out now with the native ARM64 Linux build to run on Steam Frame, Raspberry Pi and more

That day is here! Factorio 2.1 stable has arrived as a big clean-up release along with new platform support with their Native Linux version.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/factorio-2-1-is-out-now-with-the-native-arm64-linux-build-to-run-on-steam-frame-raspberry-pi-and-more/

#linux #raspberry #steam

📰 Tails 7.15.1 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released as Emergency Security Update

Tails 7.15.1 addresses compromised CA certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate HTTPS websites through malicious Tor exit nodes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-1-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-as-emergency-security-update/

#distro #linux

📰 Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Pixart PID 38CA, new features, and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-9-linux-firmware-updater-released-with-new-features

#linux

📰 USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode on Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576, starting with the Flipper One

A look at the USB-PD, PHY, hotplug, and DRM changes involved in making USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode work on RK3588/RK3576, and where they stand on the way to mainline Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/usb-c-displayport-alt-mode-on-rockchip-rk3588-and-rk3576-starting-with-the-flipper-one.html

#linux

📰 Linux Moves Closer to Retiring the x32 ABI After Years of Limited Adoption

by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are renewing efforts to retire the x32 application binary interface (ABI), a little-used compatibility feature that attempted to combine the advantages of 64-bit processors with the smaller memory footprint of 32-bit applications. A revised patch series submitted on October 8, 2026, proposes the first steps toward disabling the interface, potentially ending support for an architecture experiment...

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-moves-closer-retiring-x32-abi-after-years-limited-adoption

#kernel #linux

📰 Google's Kage Project Rethinks Linux Kernel Security With Isolated Device Drivers

by George WhittakerGoogle is exploring a new approach to Linux kernel security that could significantly change how device drivers interact with the operating system. The experimental project, known as Kage, uses compiler-based sandboxing to isolate drivers inside the kernel, potentially limiting the damage caused by memory corruption, programming errors, and exploitable vulnerabilities without requiring drivers to run as separate user-space...

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/googles-kage-project-rethinks-linux-kernel-security-isolated-device-drivers

#kernel #linux

📰 Borealis: Asahi Linux's Apple Silicon Mesa Vulkan Driver Forked For Vibe Coding

Seeing a Vulkan API driver pull request this morning for introducing a new "Borealis" driver ID caught me by surprise as it was the first time I was hearing of such a driver. It turns out to be a fork of the Asahi Linux project's HoneyKrisp driver in Mesa for Apple Silicon hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Borealis-Vulkan-Driver

#linux

📰 HPFS Is The Latest File-System Slated For Removal On Linux

HPFS is the latest file-system driver for the Linux kernel facing removal. The High Performance File-System (HPFS) was developed by IBM and Microsoft for OS/2...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HPFS-For-Linux-Removal

#kernel #linux

📰 These Projects are Keeping X11 Dream Alive on Linux

The list covers desktops, X servers, and a Wayland-hosted X11 layer. Basically, projects that are resisting a Waylan-only Linux future.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17505238/projects-keeping-x11-alive

#linux #wayland

📰 Meet Linksy, a KDE Connect Alternative with More Features

Meet Linksy, an open-source KDE Connect alternative offering file sharing, clipboard sync, remote desktop access, and more for Linux and Android.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/meet-linksy-a-kde-connect-alternative-with-more-features/

#android #kde #linux #opensource

📰 Transmission 4.1.4 BitTorrent Client Fixes Download and Security Issues

Transmission 4.1.4 addresses lost download progress, webseed issues, a macOS security flaw, and several Linux desktop client bugs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/transmission-4-1-4-bittorrent-client-fixes-download-and-security-issues/

#linux