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Easy-to-use make-me-root exploit lands for recent Linux kernels. Get patching

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CVE-2024-1086 turns the page tables on system admins. A Linux privilege-escalation proof-of-concept exploit has been published that, according to the bug hunter who developed it, typically works effortlessly on kernel versions between at least 5.14 and 6.6.14. …

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