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Every Linux kernel story we've curated in Bowl of Data, newest issue first — part of our weekly digest across AI, security, blockchain, and engineering.
Week 28 · 2026
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Bad Epoll: The bug missed by Mythos
The article details the discovery of CVE-2026-46242, a critical race-condition bug in the Linux kernel's epoll subsystem. This vulnerability enables local privilege escalation to root on various platforms including Android.
Week 21 · 2026
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Article: Kernel-Level Ground Truth: Why eBPF is Replacing User-Space Agents for Security Observability
The article argues that traditional user-space security monitoring agents are structurally weak because they share privileges with the workloads they monitor, allowing attackers to easily disable them. eBPF solves this by embedding probes directly into the Linux kernel's syscall interface, providing robust, high-performance, and persistent visibility into all system activity.
Week 19 · 2026
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'CopyFail' attackers start cashing in on Linux flaw
A critical Linux kernel flaw known as 'CopyFail' is currently being exploited by attackers to gain full root access to vulnerable systems. The vulnerability affects a wide range of Linux distributions and requires only a local foothold to execute.
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