Organizations are urged to patch after proof-of-concept code makes the Linux root escalation flaw easier to exploit.

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A newly disclosed use-after-free in the Linux kernel's epoll code, CVE-2026-46242, lets an unprivileged user get root on affected Linux and Android systems. A fix is out, but it took two attempts.

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