GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years
djfergus
61 points
13 comments
July 10, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
ranger_danger
dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834309
teleforce
>Google has rewarded us $92,337 in kernelCTF I'm all ears now
password4321
Forgot to include "LPE" (local...) in the title so most of us can get back to weekending.
amatecha
Daaaaamn: "GhostLock was introduced in Linux 2.6.39 and fixed in Linux 7.1."