[en] ‼️ UPGRADE YOUR LINUX RIGHT NOW! Copy Fail exploit (CVE-2026-31431)

Описание: ‼️ UPGRADE YOUR LINUX RIGHT NOW!

Brian pak from theori_io has found a high severity vulnerability in the Linux Kernel and encrypted the Copy Fail exploit as the sha256 hash below (CVE-2026-31431)
a567d09b15f6e4440e70c9f2aa8edec8ed59f53301952df05c719aa3911687f9

TL;DR
local users can trick the system's memory to gain root access
once with root privileges, they can do whatever, like
→ mess with system files
→ decrypt sensitive data like stored passwords
→ etc
patch is already live on Kernel version 6.19.13+
run uname -r in the terminal to check your version

If you haven't upgraded your kernel to the last stable release, do it now!

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Substack [en]: thecoding.substack.com
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