A newly identified local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered affecting default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 and later, allowing attackers to gain full root access.

Ubuntu CVE-2026-3888 flaw exploits cleanup timing in snap-confine to gain root access, risking full system compromise.

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In a slowly growing show of support for the operating system, Nvidia has launched a beta version of GeForce Now for Linux users. The app, which is available for users on Ubuntu 24.04 (and likely many ...

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit supporting open-source projects such as the Linux operating system kernel, today announced the formation of the Agentic Artificial Intelligence Foundation alongside ...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he has “no faith in Donald Trump’s judicial system.” During an interview with Schumer on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker ...

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