GhostLock: 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Any Local User Root in 5 Seconds

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GhostLock: 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Any Local User Root in 5 Seconds

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cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 22 days ago

GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a use-after-free in Linux futex priority-inheritance code that has shipped by default in nearly every distro since 2011. Nebula Security

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