Three privilege escalation vulnerabilities that have managed to avoid detection since 2006 have been discovered in the Linux kernel. All three have been patched - update now!
Linux Kernel 5.12 RC2 has been released early due to a nasty swap file bug. Do not use Linux Kernel 5.12 RC1 for testing - you stand to lose data!
Linus Torvalds has warned of a nasty security bug in the first release candidate (RC) of the Linux kernel 5.12, which he has deemed a "double ungood" that can have catastrophic consequences for a computer's filesystem.
