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April 4, 2026

Claude Code Finds Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years -- AI the News That's Fit to Prompt #22

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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2026 · VOL. 1, NO. 22 · 8 STORIES
Lead · AI Security
Claude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years

An Anthropic researcher pointed Claude Code at the Linux kernel and it found a remotely exploitable heap buffer overflow in the NFS driver that had been hiding since March 2003. Five vulnerabilities total, with hundreds of crashes still awaiting validation.

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