English HomeTech NewsApple NewsArabic Home
Gaming

All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything

PC Gamer • Fri, 06 Nov 2026

All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

What happened?

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

Story details

Thankfully there's already a fix out.

Why it matters

This story helps build a stronger internal English tech archive around Gaming, giving search visitors more reasons to keep browsing the site instead of bouncing after a single headline.

Original source

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/all-that-stands-between-a-hacker-and-admin-privileges-on-some-linux-distros-is-a-257-character-long-string-of-literally-anything/