CVE-2026-31431-Analysis-and-Fix

CVE-2026-31431 "Copy Fail" — Technical Deep Dive Severity: CVSS 7.8 High Class: Local Privilege Escalation Introduced: Linux 4.14 2017 Fixed: commit a664bf3d603d 1. Background CVE-2026-31431 is a local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel's algifaead module — the AEAD socket interface of...