- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46584454
Local Privilege Escalation “Dirty Frag” made public
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/8
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/linux-kernel-dirty-frag-lpe-exploit.html
- https://safecomputing.umich.edu/security-alerts/linux-kernel-vulnerability-“dirty-frag”
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-dirty-frag-zero-day-with-poc-exploit-gives-root-privileges/
Certainly. I don’t discount that any exploit is ‘really bad’. I like my OS of choice to be as free of exploits as it can possibly be. However, some of the material I was reading involved areas of Linux that I have little if any knowledge of value with, so I thought I’d as the question.