⤷ Title: Linux “pedit COW” Vulnerability Turns Local Users Into Root Without Touching Disk
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𐀪 Author: Nam Phong
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:26:07 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Vulnerability #CVE_2026_46331 #Kernel Vulnerability #Linux #Page Cache #pedit COW #privilege escalation
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𐀪 Author: Nam Phong
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:26:07 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Vulnerability #CVE_2026_46331 #Kernel Vulnerability #Linux #Page Cache #pedit COW #privilege escalation
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Linux “pedit COW” Vulnerability Turns Local Users Into Root Without Touching Disk
Security researchers have uncovered a Linux flaw that elevates an ordinary local user to root. Remarkably, it does so without altering a single file on disk. Integrity checks may therefore reveal …