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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 months ago

GhostLock: 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Any Local User Root in 5 Seconds

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GhostLock: 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Any Local User Root in 5 Seconds

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 months ago
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GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a use-after-free in Linux futex priority-inheritance code that has shipped by default in nearly every distro since 2011. Nebula Security
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    It says it can escape containers so I assume it can

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      Yeah. Probably. Just wasn’t sure if the extra abstraction rootless is supposed to provide would affect it. I assume not.

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