A patch is currently under revision but has not yet been incorporated into the Linux kernel. A critical Linux bug has been discovered that could allow attackers to fully compromise vulnerable machines ...

Wireless chip maker Broadcom on Thursday announced good news for Linux users in the form of a fully open wireless driver that’s compatible with the operating system. Wireless networking has long been ...

You may recall that Linus Torvalds recently added support for Rust in the Linux kernel. One of the big reasons for adding Rust was to put an end to Linux code memory problems. It can't come soon ...

Five Wi-Fi vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel have been patched and a new stable kernel, 5.10.148, released by stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. The patches have also been included in the ...

A vulnerability has been discovered in the RTLWIFI driver, which is used to support Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system. A flaw in the driver could be exploited to either crash your device, or even ...

Software developers who build products for the Linux platform will no longer have to worry about embedding drivers to offer wireless support. Devicescape, which makes Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) ...

Users looking for an easy way to set up a public Wi-Fi hotspot might find help from an open source project called ZoneCD. Offered by a group called Public IP, ZoneCD is a CD-based Linux distribution ...

WiFi on Linux got a major boost today, as Devicescape Software donated technology to allow WiFi to run natively for the first time. Running WiFi natively is considered critical for the open-source ...

Wireless networking has become a mass-market technology, and the price of 802.11 or Wi-Fi gear has fallen to commodity levels. Several thousand competitors with virtually identical products now are ...