Claude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years (mtlynch.io)

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[-] RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 3 days ago

Given Nicholas Carlini work at anthropic I would wait for another person to confirm this.

The research method is just pointing file by file and asking an LLM if any vulnerability exist and reminds me of the person who bugged ffmpeg devs with vulnerabilities on niche non enabled codec decryption.

[-] far_university1990@reddthat.com 23 points 3 days ago

reminds me of the person who bugged ffmpeg devs with vulnerabilities on niche non enabled codec decryption.

That was google.

https://itsfoss.com/news/ffmpeg-google-fiasco/

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