CISA has issued an urgent alert about a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2024-1086. This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

    • Zangoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Do you know what a use-after-free bug is? Rust was literally designed to make this type of memory bug impossible.

    • Noja@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      61·
      25 days ago

      You never say “would not of”. It’s “would not have”.

      Rust would have prevented this, because the borrow checker prevents use-after-free vulnerabilites.