After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named "lockdown." The new feature will ship as a LSM ...

Linus Torvalds released Linux Kernel 6.19 rc5, noting that the kernel team is back on a normal schedule after the holiday ...

Linus Torvalds released the fourth release candidate (RC4) for Linux Kernel version 6.19. Learn what's new in Kernel 6.19-rc4 ...

Kernel Mode Linux (KML) is a technology that enables the execution of user processes in kernel mode. I described the basic concept and the implementation techniques of KML on IA-32 architecture in my ...

Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact, unless users inquire about ...