A maintainer wants a first-aid kit for the Linux kernel and a proposal is currently being reviewed.

Instead of waiting for patch cycles, admins could simply shut down vulnerable functions before attackers get there ...

Is the 'nuclear option' sometimes the best one?

Back-to-back kernel vulnerabilities in Linux has defenders scrambling to apply defenses in the age of quick turnaround time ...

Linux server admins may get the ability to turn off a vulnerable function in the OS kernel until a patch for a zero-day ...