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New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions

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New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions

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Linux systems face critical local privilege escalation threats via CVE-2025-6018/6019 flaws—users must patch now.

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Since it is open source… I guess we can rule out an intentional back door.

Well, once upon a time I would have agreed with you but the xz backdoor changed my mind on that.

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