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Linux Flaw Exposes Host to Root Access

A critical 18-year-old flaw in Linux's SCTP networking code, dubbed "SCTPhantom," has been discovered, allowing hackers to gain root access to a host; the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64564, has been present in every Linux kernel released since 2008.

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