… There is a two-line patch for addressing the issue within the Linux kernel's skbuff.c code. That patch hasn't yet been mainlined or picked up by any mainline kernel releases but presumably will be in short order for addressing this local privilege escalation issue. …
Dirty Frag Vulnerability Made Public Early: Root Privilege On All Distributions Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Security on 7 May 2026 at 08:08 PM EDT. 13 Comments One week after the Copy Fail vulnerability, a new Linux local privilege escalation bug has been made public. …
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… CVE-2025-10263 could allow for privilege escalation on affected systems due to a specific timing condition during a memory permission change. …
… Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation…
… Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hard…
… With an out-of-bounds kernel access it can lead to possible privilege escalation, information leaks/disclosure, arbitrary code execution, kernel panics, or other possibilities depending upon the exact details. …
… Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability Linux 7.1-rc3 Released With Many Networking Changes Kconfirm Is On A Q…
… Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation…
… Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation…