A new Linux NetFilter kernel flaw has been discovered, allowing unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root level, allowing complete control over a system.

Elevation of privilege flaws in Android Runtime (CVE-2025-48543) and Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38352) have been exploited in ...

The kernel, however, including modules, has no such restriction. That can make debugging modules tricky because you can easily bring the system to its knees.

Internally, they were like, ‘Look, this is too risky,’” says Clint Sereday, another security engineer who worked on Vanguard, Valorant ’s kernel-level anti-cheat system.

Vulnerabilities in Dell and HP laptops could allow an attacker to access information and gain kernel privileges via the devices’ Direct Memory Access (DMA) capability.

Google has released the September 2025 security update for Android devices, addressing a total of 84 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws.

The Finals Devs Guarantee Linux Functionality Despite Moving To Kernel Level Anti Cheat as Embark wages war against hackers.

Call of Duty's new anti-cheat system will include a driver with kernel-level system privileges. Activision announced the new system, which it's calling Ricochet, today, and provided some details ...

privilege escalation Severe vulnerabilities in Dell firmware update driver found and fixed Dell firmware update driver 2.3 can be exploited to gain kernel-level privilege.

However, many players are not comfortable with granting such low-level privileges. The latest game publisher to add kernel-level cheat protections is EA.