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sanitation@lemmy.today to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

18-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Allows Full System Takeover

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18-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Allows Full System Takeover

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Researchers at Tencent Zhuque Lab uncovered an 18-year-old vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can escape containers and gain full root privileges on the host system.
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    Memory safety issues continue to plague operating systems like Linux written in unsafe languages like C++.

    Great that the writer has such wonderful technical expertise /s

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    lInUx iS uNsAfE!!!11111onememe

    looks inside

    requires surviving an UIF in the first place

    already fixed past 6.12.

    Rust copaganda

    AI-assisted vuln research

    Yeah… no. Just one more idiot trying to gain clicks for their linkedin profile.

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    I KNEW sudo was a bug this whole time!

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    I don’t think English is the author’s first language.

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      C++ is their first language

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        Apparently Rust

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    but it’s legal

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