New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

A flaw in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems. CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed "pedit COW ," is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action actpedit that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeare...