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Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit
STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted.
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A Linux kernel exploit has been discovered in the CentOS Stream 9 build, allowing a local user to gain root access. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53264, is a use-after-free race in the kernel's network traffic-control subsystem. The exploit takes advantage of this flaw to escalate privileges. The researcher behind the discovery, Lee Jia Jie, credits artificial intelligence with helping to identify the bug and accelerate the development of the exploit.
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