A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw called Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets an ordinary user with no special access take full control of a machine as root. It affects Linux desktops, servers, and Android, and a fix is out.
Bad Epoll sits in the same small stretch of kernel code where Anthropic's most powerful AI model, Mythos, recently found a different bug.
The AI caught one flaw and missed
source https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-bad-epoll-linux-kernel-flaw-lets.html
source https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-bad-epoll-linux-kernel-flaw-lets.html
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