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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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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)

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[–] CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If you refer to physical access I wouldn't say that, I've encrypted partition.

But if you're saying just access to my main user inside the OS, then I'd really like if you could elaborate with real examples how can user access do any harm to my system without root access.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

For me the scariest thing someone could do on my pc is exfiltrate all the data from my home directory which is readable by my user account.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but that's harm to me without root access.