Security lapses, an almost a decade-old vulnerability are among the topics that we're going to review this week. From all the articles that we'll review, one thing is common: humans are not perfect and sometimes we need constant reminders to let us know what to do and when to do it.
9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros
I would like to know the cause behind the surge of Linux vulnerabilities in the past few months. We have had CopyFail, Dirty Frag, Fragnesia, and now this? Does it have anything related to Anthropic's Mythos? Anything? Let me know in the comments section.
Now, speaking of the article. The title is a good summary of the vulnerability, and the following excerpt tells you more:
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case of improper privilege management that could permit an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several major distributions like Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu.
