#unix
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OpenBSD 8.0: the 61st release of the security-focused BSD
Theo de Raadt has announced OpenBSD 8.0, the 61st stable release of the free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like system. Highlights include faster swap encryption and a much larger kernel address space.
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NetBSD 10.2 released with fixes and minor refinements
The NetBSD project has shipped version 10.2 of its highly portable operating system. The release focuses on bug fixes and small improvements to the userland.
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The Unix 2038 problem and the art of underestimating
On the Runtime Arguments podcast, the hosts walk through the looming overflow of Unix's 32-bit timestamp and a whole parade of similar bugs — from Y2K to the Boeing 787.
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A vulnerability allowing root privileges has been discovered in OpenBSD
A use-after-free vulnerability that lets a local user escalate privileges to root has been found in versions of OpenBSD up to and including 7.9. The vulnerability has been assigned the identifier CVE-2026-57589.