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Apr 30 2026 New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros

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An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. [...]

Posted by Bill Toulas on Thu 30 April 2026 in BleepingComputer.

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