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#1 SecurityWeek general July 09, 2026 at 11:52 UTC

15-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability ‘GhostLock’ Earns Researchers $92k From Google

By Ionut Arghire

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A 15-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability dubbed 'GhostLock', present in every major distribution since 2011, allows local privilege escalation to root. Google awarded researchers $92,000 for the discovery, underscoring the severity of a flaw that has been exploitable for over a decade across the entire Linux ecosystem.

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