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    Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit

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    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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    Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/researcher-says-ai-helped-develop-linux.html

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