rabber@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoCopy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a trivially exploitable logic bug in Linux, reachable on all major distros released in the last 9 years. A small, portable python script gets root on all platforms.copy.failexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkCopy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a trivially exploitable logic bug in Linux, reachable on all major distros released in the last 9 years. A small, portable python script gets root on all platforms.copy.failrabber@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAatube@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months agoThe compressed binary blob is just a 160 B ELF when uncompressed. I don’t think you can do much with that.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoI bet you could gain root on many old kernels
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoYou could probably write all zeros to a file. Say, /dev/sda?
The compressed binary blob is just a 160 B ELF when uncompressed. I don’t think you can do much with that.
I bet you could gain root on many old kernels
You could probably write all zeros to a file. Say, /dev/sda?