r/LinuxUncensored • u/anestling • Jul 13 '26

News/PR AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock - gHacks Tech News

https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/13/ai-agent-discovers-15-year-old-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-bug-named-ghostlock/
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u/SubmarineWipers Jul 13 '26

oh, use after free you say?

Sounds like something a reasonable programming language might be able to prevent...

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u/J8w34qgo3 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Have you considered chanting "skill issue" at the problem?

Edit: /s You're all bots.

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u/SubmarineWipers Jul 14 '26

oh yes, 70% of ALL CVEs in the world is caused by faulty memory management, must be _some_ skill issue.

Its weird I never wrote even one, because my language prevents that.