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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by bawolff on Thursday May 07, 2026 @04:20PM (#48054371)
Its not the reporter's fault that other people broke the embargo.
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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by progval on Thursday May 07, 2026 @04:58PM (#48054885)
They don't have to publish a working exploit as soon as the embargo is broken, though.
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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by throw0101c on Thursday May 07, 2026 @05:24PM (#48055265)
Perhaps, but if the exploit code is published folks can double-check that they implemented the mitigations properly.

If there's no PoC, how can you really be sure?

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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by john_strinlai on Thursday May 07, 2026 @05:05PM (#48055004)
anyone who will use the exploit maliciously will immediately and trivially be able to create a working exploit.
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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by mike_d on Thursday May 07, 2026 @05:03PM (#48054960)
Why not? There has already been a working exploit floating around, at least now it comes from an authoritative source.
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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by staticassertion on Thursday May 07, 2026 @10:29PM (#48057773)
An exploit was already published.
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Re:Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE by j16sdiz on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:16AM (#48062664)
The third party posted an exploit.
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