AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host

October 14, 2026 · 7:46 am 1 sources

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• AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host
  The Hacker News · October 14, 2026 07:46
  A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine. The…