importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-07-28T13:34:44+05:30

AI-Assisted Discovery of Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability CVE-2026-53264

#ai #linux #kernel security #privilege escalation #exploit

A researcher used AI to discover and develop a Linux kernel exploit (CVE-2026-53264) targeting a use-after-free race in the traffic-control subsystem, enabling local privilege escalation to root under specific conditions. The vulnerability has been patched, but public exploit code raises concerns about unpatched systems despite limited immediate exploitation reports.

STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53264 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a use-after-free race in the kernel's network traffic-control subsystem.Researcher Lee Jia Jie said artificial intelligence (AI) helped him find the bug and speed up exploit development. This is local

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