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15-Year-Old Linux Kernel GhostLock Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root (linuxiac.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes. AI bug searches are proving very fruitful. Linux is going to be so much more secure in future

What's going to be exciting is when AI can read binaries as well as it reads code, then we get the same quantity of bugs but for windows and Apple and all the phones

Fun thing with this bug is that sandboxes and containers can't save you — any process that can execute local code can run this exploit and get root.