
AI Helps Discover Linux Kernel Zero-Day Enabling Root Privilege Escalation
A newly disclosed a Linux kernel zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-53264, that can be exploited for local privilege escalation to root. The bug affects the net/sched packet scheduling subsystem and was reportedly discovered with assistance from AI during zero-day hunting and exploit development. The flaw was later patched in the Linux stable tree, but the research […]
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