ZDNet

Linux's Technical Advisory Board reports on the UMN 'Hypocrite Commits' patches

First things first: 435 commits coming from UMN-associated developers were re-reviewed. "The huge majority of the reviewed commits were found to be correct." Of the rest, 39 commits were incorrect and ...
OSTechNix

Linux Kernel 6.19 RC5 Released: Torvalds is Still Planning an RC8 Release

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

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

In a rare, groundbreaking decision, Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project. The move comes after a ...
ZDNet

University of Minnesota security researchers apologize for deliberately buggy Linux patches

Last week, some University of Minnesota (UMN) security researchers kicked a hornet nest, when it was revealed that they'd tried to insert deliberately buggy patches into Linux. Greg Kroah-Hartman, the ...