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Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE - allows any unprivileged local user to gain root access on a vulnerable Linux system - no patch available (github.com)
submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] cm0002@europe.pub 7 points 1 week ago

Pretty much all those examples, but the real danger is chaining this exploit with others

Perhaps someone is sitting on a couple exploits to get them into a system, but only to an unprivileged user, this would be a great final act