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  1. Linux Uprobes Hardened: CAP_SYS_ADMIN Required After CVE-2025-38466

    The Linux kernel has been updated to treat uprobes in the perf subsystem as an administrative privilege: the kernel now requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN to install or use uprobes, a change recorded as CVE-2025-38466 and adopted by multiple distributions and vendors. This is a surgical but consequential...
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