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CISA Warns of Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks to Deploy Ransomware (cybersecuritynews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, I know about that one. That is code made specifically to reproduce a bug in the compiler. Unless you do it on purpose, there's no way you'd get hit by it. If it were, they would have fixed it, it's been known for several years.

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