Google is eyeing up a generic Linux kernel for Android, but even that won't fix Android's fragmentation issues. Here's why.

Meanwhile, Linux’s permissions-based security model is at the core of Android’s expansive app permissions system. The Linux kernel has proven to be incredibly flexible and powerful even 30 ...

Android users rejoice! Linux kernel LTS releases are now good for 6 years Linux kernel lifecycle tripled to match the realities of hardware development.

Google has outlined four key kernel hardening features its engineers have backported from upstream Linux to Android kernels on devices that ship with Android 8.0 Oreo.

One kernel to boot them all Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android Google wants less forking, more modularization for Android's Linux kernel.

At CoreOS Fest, Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel, declares that almost all bugs can be security issues.

Sameer Samat, President of Google’s Android Ecosystem, confirmed in a recent interview that Chrome OS will no longer remain a ...

The January Android Security Bulletin fixed a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the storage subsystem (CVE-2016-8459) in Linux Kernel 3.18 and Android, and the upcoming Linux Kernel ...

A three-year-old vulnerability in the Linux kernel could have allowed attackers to take full control over Linux-based PCs, servers, Android phones and other embedded devices.