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    We tested the PoC, and it worked on our system (which is fully patched). I've edited the question. Commented yesterday
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    Please post the algif_aead disablement as an answer Commented yesterday
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    @Rinzwind Yes, linux-hwe-6.8 package is in 22.04 release. The 24.04 has 6.8 as base kernel, not as HWE. Commented yesterday
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    The specific PoC exploit appears to make /bin/su immediately run a shell. It uses setuid to work, so disabling that in fstab or setting NoNewPrivileges will stop the PoC. The PoC didn't escape my Docker container. However, their GitHub said the underlying vulnerability is page cache corruption and running the PoC poisons /bin/su until up to reboot, so the exploit can be modified to target /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-executor, and wait for a systemd.timer to trigger, and this won't be patched by nosuid Commented yesterday
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    @Paul I edited the question to mention the harm Commented 8 hours ago