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Big Fish: Exploiting a 37-Year-Old Kernel Bug in OpenBSD

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Big fish. Small counter. Root shell.

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Security & Privacy Systems & Performance 2026

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Oct 16, 2026	Big Fish: Exploiting a 37-Year-Old Kernel Bug in OpenBSD by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs	196	69

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