memory safety bug

  1. CVE-2026-41035: rsync xattrs Use-After-Free and What Windows Admins Must Do

    CVE-2026-41035 is a newly cataloged rsync vulnerability affecting versions 3.0.1 through 3.4.1, disclosed in April 2026, in which receivers using -X or --xattrs can hit a use-after-free condition while processing extended attributes during a qsort operation. The bug is not a Windows kernel...
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  2. CVE-2026-31449 Ext4 Bounds Check Fix: Prevent Slab OOB Reads

    CVE-2026-31449 is a reminder that some of the most consequential Linux kernel bugs are not flashy exploit chains, but narrow trust failures inside core filesystem machinery. In this case, the flaw sits in ext4’s extent-tree correction logic, where an unchecked pointer can drift past the end of...
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  3. Linux CVE-2026-23306: pm8001 Double-Free From -ENODEV After task_done

    The Linux kernel’s CVE-2026-23306 is a classic example of how a small control-flow change can create a memory-safety problem in a place that looks, at first glance, like routine driver error handling. The vulnerability affects the pm8001 SCSI host bus adapter driver, where a refactor changed...
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