CVE-2016-5195: Dirty COW Privilege Escalation
CVE-2016-5195, known as Dirty COW, is a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability that allows local users to gain write access to read-only…
Tag: Linux Kernel
NatJack Attacks Exploit NAT State to Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS
Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that exploits network address translation (NAT) connection state to hijack…
New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Zapscape and tracked as CVE-2026-64561, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1…
New Interrupt Injection Attack Bypasses Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
Researchers from MIT CSAIL have unveiled a novel attack technique called Interrupt Injection that can bypass Spectre v2 mitigations on Intel and…
OVSwrap Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Open vSwitch
A newly disclosed memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Open vSwitch (OVS) datapath, tracked as CVE-2026-64531 and codenamed OVSwrap, allows unprivileged…
Single Malicious Webpage Visit Can Compromise Tor Browser via Patched Firefox JIT Flaw
Nebula Security researchers have demonstrated that a single visit to a malicious webpage can compromise the Tor Browser by exploiting a patched…
GhostLock: Linux Kernel Futex Vulnerability
GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a Linux kernel futex flaw used as the second stage of the IonStack exploit to gain root access on…
STAR Labs Publishes AI-Assisted Linux Kernel Exploit
STAR Labs researcher Lee Jia Jie used AI to discover and develop an exploit for CVE-2026-53264, a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability.…
TyphoonPwn 2026 Competition Context for CVE-2026-53264
The vulnerability CVE-2026-53264 was independently reported by Kyle Zeng (KyleBot) shortly before the TyphoonPwn 2026 competition. Lee Jia Jie later published a…
AI-Assisted Exploit Turns Linux Traffic-Control Race Condition Into Root Privilege Escalation
STAR Labs researcher Lee Jia Jie has published a Linux kernel exploit that leverages artificial intelligence to discover and weaponize a use-after-free…