Linux Flaw Exposes Millions to Local Privilege Escalation

A critical Linux flaw, known as Copy Fail, has been discovered, exposing millions to potential local privilege escalation attacks - a vulnerability that highlights a deterministic logic error in the Linux kernel's cryptographic subsystem. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-31431, was publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026.

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