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Linux 6.10 adds New Drivers
Arm Mali/Immortalis GPU Driver, New AMD Graphics IP & Lunar Lake Display In Linux 6.10. The big batch of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver updates for the Linux 6.10 merge window were sent out today that includes the new “Panthor” driver for newer ARM Mali/Immortalis graphics processors and the usual hearty assortment of… Read more
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Linus Torvalds Favors Ampere ARM Chip
Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he’s now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than ever. Ampere’s powerful Arm CPUs give the developer a hand in Linux testing. Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has recently upped his game in testing Arm64 Linux. He initially began… Read more
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Ebury Malware Still Out There
Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers are compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain. One of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns is still growing, with hundreds of thousands of compromised servers, and it has diversified to include credit card and cryptocurrency theft. Ten years ago we raised awareness of Ebury by publishing… Read more
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Snapdragon X Elite for Linux Laptops
Qualcomm goes where Apple won’t, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite. Qualcomm is making good progress on adapting its new Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU for Linux use. The mobile SoC manufacturer revealed that it has laid a lot of the groundwork already to get the Snapdragon X Elite running the Linux operating… Read more
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xz Hack Revealed a Looming $8.8 Trillion Infrastructure Disaster
Just like our roads, bridges, electrical grid and airports will deteriorate without public investment, so will our software infrastructure without action. Imagine the security screening system used at your local airport has broken down for the second time this month. Unfortunately, nothing can be done because it is the responsibility of one guy, Bob, to… Read more
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Torvalds On Linux Mitigating Unexpected Arithmetic Overflows/Underflows
For those interested in some insightful Linux kernel mailing list reading this weekend, there’s been a vibrant discussion on the ability for the Linux kernel to mitigate unexpected arithmetic overflows/underflows/wraparounds. Kees Cook with Google has been working on figuring out how to better deal with unexpected arithmetic overflow bugs within the Linux kernel’s C source… Read more
