Experts say until the distros release patches, CSOs have to beware of unauthorized privilege escalation; Kubernetes container ...

A flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably.Key ...

Copy Fail, a logic bug in the Linux kernel, allows users to write 4-byte code into other files’ page cache and achieve root ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels ...

A researcher from offensive security firm Theori has found a nine-year-old flaw in the Linux kernel with the help of AI ...

The flaw allows an unprivileged local user to write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...

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CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

With the Linux Mint team now taking extra time between releases, they're providing new HWE (Hardware Enablement) ISO ...

A logic flaw sitting undetected in the Linux kernel for nearly nine years lets any unprivileged local user gain root access ...

Patch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be ...