Who's naming these vulnerabilities? They're always so weirdly named
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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Conputer scientist who have to name so much variables on a daily basis that all creativity is drained from them
(Seriously, it's hard to give stuff names that 1) cannot be confused with existing names 2) still describe what does and 3) don't sound stupid)
Security peeps noticed that weirdly named vulnerabilities got more media coverage and more awareness, so they now exploit that rather than rely on the catchy names like CVE-2026-12345
They're social engineering the 'normies'.
debian stable here pulled-in the fixed kernel a week ago.
I'm sure it's fixed on all rolling releases too already.