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New "Bad Epoll" Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Gain Root, Hits Android
(thehackernews.com)
Wow .. so I can finally have root on my own phone?
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2026
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finally I get the same level of access on my phone as 3 letter agencies have
you know the ecosystem is FUBAR when this is your (and my) very first thought when a vuln pops up.
Whew. I ran ./exploit on my system and got
zsh: no such file or directory: ./exploit
Guess I'm patched.
It's hidden for users. Try sudo ./exploit
The website has a heading proclaiming that apparently it's a bad year for the Linux kernel.
I have to ask .. compared to what .. the Windows kernel?
Compared to itself. Compared to Linux's previous years.