The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017

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https://copy.fail/

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also a good blog post about it https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

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Here on my Artix* Linux it still asks for the password; *OpenRC systemd, KDE Plasma, Wayland.

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https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

according to this (good) blog post the disclosure to the linux kernel security team was already like a month ago so i would imagine the fix is already on a lot of systems

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If your system is up-to-date, your kernel has probably already been patched. The patch was added to mainline on April 1, and I think every major distribution will have added it by now.

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same, Kubuntu 26.04 asks for my password when running the exploit script

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