Multiple Linux distributions affected by CIFSwitch vulnerability

Not every Linux distro is at risk.

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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment propo…

California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital ...
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Microsoft Announces Azure Linux 4.0, Its First General-Purpose Server Linux Distribution

Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based ...

New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions

A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...
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Linux Distributions And Who Is Responsible For The Software

The topic of downstream and upstream is an important one in the Linux ecosystem, where from one base distribution you can go ...