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Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs - The Hacker News
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A critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, has been discovered in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem. The flaw allows local users to gain persistent root access on default RHEL installations.
RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS filesystem and gain persistent root access. …
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