Cyber security vendor Qualys has found a logic bug in the Linux kernel which, if exploited, can be abused to escalate standard user privileges to those of the root superuser with full administrative ...

CVE-2026-46333 is a nine-year Linux kernel improper privilege management flaw introduced in November 2016 with a CVSS score ...

A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged ...

Linux distros are rolling out patches for a new high-severity kernel privilege escalation vulnerability (known as Fragnasia ...

Within the span of three weeks, Linux administrators have been handed their third root-level privilege-escalation ...

By the power of Redmond!

A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw nicknamed Fragnesia — tracked as CVE-2026-46300 — lets any unprivileged local user gain ...

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...

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 ...

Facepalm: Security researchers recently unveiled "Copy Fail," a bug that could potentially bring the entire Linux ecosystem to a screeching halt. The flaw can be reliably exploited across all ...

PCWorld reports that a critical Linux vulnerability called ‘Copy Fail’ (CVE-2026-31431) allows unprivileged users to hijack system privileges by altering cached files. This straight-line logic flaw ...

Additional Linux privilege escalation exploits related to long-existing bugs have been disclosed, so patch ASAP.