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Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation
(cybersecurity88.com)
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this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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Yet another critical vulnerability in the much vaunted systemd has been exposed by a misbehaving app - in this case snapd.
Both need patching.
Nothing in the Qualys report nor the Ubuntu page for the CVE indicate that there is something to be fixed in systemd, only that you can create systemd-tmpfiles rules that will expose the vulnerability in snapd.
What do you think systemd-tmpfiles needs to do differently?
Read the bug in the systemd repo. meanwhile the systemd cultists will defend it to the death. Look, if you value the positive aspects of systemd but dislike the cancerous assimilation of the entire userland, dinit is a perfectly good option.