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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by farisght on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:01PM (#50373145)
I wish these blog posts included statistics on the categories of deficiencies that cause these vulnerabilities, and proposed measures to avoid them

A system that admits THOUSANDS of such vulnerabilities is certainly flawed in several fundamental aspects

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by jethro_tell on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:24PM (#50373355)
It sounds like they can’t go through them all enough to have that data yet.
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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by esseph on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:29PM (#50373884)
[delayed]
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