SecurityArs Technica4 days ago
High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single errant character
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A high-severity Linux vulnerability, CVE-2026-23111, in the nf_tables kernel subsystem allows unprivileged users to escalate to root. A single misplaced exclamation point in the code introduced a use-after-free bug. Researchers from Exodus Intelligence demonstrated the exploit on Debian and Ubuntu systems.
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