Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Patches Released
On April 29, the team at Xint Code disclosed a Linux kernel flaw they have named Copy Fail, tracked as CVE-2026-31431. The bug lives in the kernel’s crypto subsystem — a logic flaw in authencesn chained through AF_ALG and splice() — and it lets any unprivileged local user escalate to root with a 732-byte exploit… Read More »