Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoOpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs in the Linux Kernelwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs in the Linux Kernelwww.phoronix.comArthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretomatoely@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·6 days agoThat’s terrifying holy shit
minus-squarebearforcepilot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoAlternatively, many of these exploits are dependent on extremely niche situations that are mostly handled by existing safeguards. I’d be interested to see the actual real world severity of these - are they actually things that could be used in an exploit in any meaningful way? RCE is substantially more severe, it’s possible there just aren’t as many, as they aren’t as applicable to highly contrived scenarios
That’s terrifying holy shit
Alternatively, many of these exploits are dependent on extremely niche situations that are mostly handled by existing safeguards.
I’d be interested to see the actual real world severity of these - are they actually things that could be used in an exploit in any meaningful way?
RCE is substantially more severe, it’s possible there just aren’t as many, as they aren’t as applicable to highly contrived scenarios