



The article criticizes omarchy, a project by DHH that markets itself as a Linux distribution. The author argues omarchy is not a true distro but merely Arch Linux bundled with DHH's personal dotfiles and configuration preferences. The piece takes issue with omarchy's posturing, questioning why it has conferences, sponsors, and merchandise while established d

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The article reports on a series of recently discovered Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities — Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia — affecting Gentoo Linux. It notes a broader trend of vulnerabilities being found and disclosed at an accelerating pace, expected to con
A new Linux kernel local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability called "Fragnesia" has been made public, following closely on the heels of the similar "Dirty Frag" vulnerability. Fragnesia is a separate bug within the ESP/XFRM code that contains a logic bug allowing arbitrary b

The article warns about newly announced Linux kernel vulnerabilities following the copy.fail incident, specifically mentioning "Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo" and "Dirty Frag." The author advises readers to avoid installing new software (except for distro kernel patches) and highlights the heightened risk of supply chain attacks via NPM during this period.


Star Labs®25d agoA technical deep-dive into CVE-2026-31431 ("Copy Fail"), a Linux kernel vulnerability. The author documents setting up a lab to run the exploit, disassemble the shellcode, trace it at the syscall level, and verify that rootless Podman containers (deployed on GNOME's GitLab runners) successfully contain the privilege escalation attempt. The post demonstrates

