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Suggestion: Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) #21394

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https://copy.fail/

An unprivileged local user can write 4 controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux system, and use that to gain root.

100% reliable (if vulnerable). Affects kernels since 2017.

PoC: https://github.com/theori-io/copy-fail-CVE-2026-31431

(does not affect Ubuntu 26.04)

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