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Re:Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege... by thelastparadise on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @06:31PM (#35881197)
I don't think the bug itself is newsworthy. The existence of the exploit code, and the way that it was accidentally published, I think are.
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Re:Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege... by pizzalife on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @06:32PM (#35881211)
It's exploitable by an unprivileged user on the most popular distro out there (Ubuntu). I would say it's newsworthy.
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