rabber@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 hours agoCopy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a trivially exploitable logic bug in Linux, reachable on all major distros released in the last 9 years. A small, portable python script gets root on all platforms.copy.failexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down10cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkCopy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a trivially exploitable logic bug in Linux, reachable on all major distros released in the last 9 years. A small, portable python script gets root on all platforms.copy.failrabber@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAatube@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 hours agoThe compressed binary blob is just a 160 B ELF when uncompressed. I don’t think you can do much with that.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 hours agoI bet you could gain root on many old kernels
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoYou could probably write all zeros to a file. Say, /dev/sda?
The compressed binary blob is just a 160 B ELF when uncompressed. I don’t think you can do much with that.
I bet you could gain root on many old kernels
You could probably write all zeros to a file. Say, /dev/sda?
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