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title:

Dirty Frag: Universal Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered

date: 2026-05-07
tags: [#news, #devops ]
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A zero-day vulnerability named ‘Dirty Frag’ allows for immediate root privilege escalation on all major Linux distributions. Because the security embargo was broken prematurely, no official patches or CVEs are currently available. Users are advised to manually disable affected kernel modules like esp4, esp6, and rxrpc to mitigate the risk.