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Claude Finds a Linux Kernel Flaw Granting Remote Root: Defensive Triumph, Offensive Nightmare

The surprise is the autonomy: the model wasn't running a human-given scan script — during defensive analysis it pieced the clues together itself into "here is a kernel flaw that can grab root." That ability to actively surface problems from mountains of code and logs is exactly what the security wo…

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  1. 2026-10-31 03:28 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Finds a Linux Kernel Flaw Granting Remote Root: Defensive Triumph, Offensive Nightmare

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