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Dirty Frag: Ongoing Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Since 2017

birdculture — Sat, 09 May 2026 07:41:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wiz.io/blog/dirty-frag-linux-kernel-local-privilege-escalation-via-esp-and-rxrpc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072827

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

What is Amazon Linux 2023?

tosh — Sat, 09 May 2026 04:07:18 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/ug/what-is-amazon-linux.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071735

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

esaym — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:21:06 +0000

Article URL: https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071496

Points: 134

# Comments: 59

Dirty Frag Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations

zajio1am — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:25:50 +0000

Article URL: https://ubuntu.com/blog/dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070454

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Vedit – Git-style version control for video timelines

tadies09 — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:21:44 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/explicit09/vedit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48069980

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

GrapheneOS isn't vulnerable to the 3 recent Linux memory logic vulnerabilities

Cider9986 — Fri, 08 May 2026 22:23:08 +0000

Article URL: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/35353-grapheneos-isnt-vulnerable-to-the-3-recent-linux-memory-logic-vulnerabilities

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48069487

Points: 26

# Comments: 1

Flatcar Container Linux – container optimized, immutable fs, config provisioning

gessha — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:52:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.flatcar.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068646

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE

unbeli — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:36:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068475

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

Git Out

speckx — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:21:44 +0000

Article URL: https://mht.wtf/post/git-out/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48067530

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Has AppImage won the Linux package wars?

stuxnet79 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:06:42 +0000

It seems like AppImage more and more is the defacto Linux distribution package for projects. Is this true or is it just me?

I'm trying to set up Ubuntu as my daily driver and have been on a spree downloading 3rd party applications to make it usable and noticed that virtually all of them are being distributed as AppImages.

Last time I set up a completely fresh install was pre-COVID and this definitely wasn't the case back then. Usually what I'd do and what I was completely expecting to do this go-around was downloading a .deb and installing it myself OR adding a ppa and using the usual tools (apt) to fetch dependencies, install the pre-compiled binary .. etc. Ubuntu is about as boring as it gets when it comes to Linux distributions so not seeing any kind of .deb in a software release is a bit shocking to say the least.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066690

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

Show HN: Keep coding agents on track with shared Git hooks

gardnr — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:05:32 +0000

You need to keep them fast and reliable or your team will hate you. Shared git hooks can be a double-edged sword. They can also prevent your agents from producing abject trash. Use `pre-commit` or `husky` and enable max-lines-per-file @ 600 lines and McCabe-style complexity at 10. You can ask your agents to use `rope` or `ts-morph` where it fits to refactor and meet the new requirements.

Add a note to our AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md: "Make descriptive commits at reasonable intervals. Ensure the git hooks are installed. NEVER use `--no-verify` unless the user confirms first."

While you are in there add this magic too: `Use TDD "Red, green, refactor." where possible.`

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065889

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Write Linux-PAM's Authentication Modules in GNU Guile

lechner — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:05:27 +0000

Article URL: https://juix.org/manuals/guile-pam.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065885

Points: 23

# Comments: 0

Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

speckx — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:40:55 +0000

Article URL: https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065526

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

Debian: Linux Vulnerability Mitigation (Dirty Frag)

speckx — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:22:15 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/posts/20260508-1.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065260

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Git for AI Agents

doshay — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:15:36 +0000

hi guys. been working on something i think is fundamentally missing in today's workflow with ai agents.

vcs.

i find myself struggling with questions that agents can't answer like "why did you do it?", "when did u delete this folder? why?", etc. or trying to /rewind (after a /compact...) or basically `bisect` to find when and why something was done by the agent in the current / previous session.

just like git did for code, i think we are the same core capabilities with ai agents

so...

i developed an open source solution for that (currently supporting claude code)

would love to get feedback, contribution or maybe other ideas or solutions you find for those problems.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063548

Points: 100

# Comments: 46