Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinJul 8, 2026, 3:01 pm48 pts
A Linux vulnerability that allows untrusted virtual machines to gain root access to host machines is one of two high-severity flaws to surface this week in the open source operating system. The vulnerability resides in KVM, which is, in essence, a virtual machine app included in the kernel of many Linux…

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