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

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Submitted ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨linux@sh.itjust.works⁩

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/07/18-year-old-linux-kernel-bug-allows-full-system-takeover/

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  • sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Memory safety issues continue to plague operating systems like Linux written in unsafe languages like C++. 

    OK well this author clearly knows little about Linux.

    Here’s the primary source: matrix.tencent.com/…/sctphantom-CVE-2026-64564

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not a minor bug.

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