Malicious actors with code execution capability may gain root access on Linux systems using as few as 10 lines of Python, according to a researcher.

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

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

Researchers found a Linux malware called QLNX that combines P2P networking, rootkits, PAM backdoors, and fileless execution ...

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

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...

After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned users to update their Linux systems following the discovery ...

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A high-severity Linux vulnerability, “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431), enables root privilege escalation across cloud ...