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#3 The Hacker News general May 21, 2026 at 07:35 UTC

9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A nine-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS 5.5) has been disclosed, involving improper privilege management that allows an unprivileged local user to read sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of multiple major Linux distributions. The flaw went undetected from at least 2017 until now, affecting a wide swath of production Linux systems. Administrators should audit affected kernel versions and apply patches across enterprise Linux deployments.

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