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#4 The Hacker News general May 08, 2026 at 05:12 UTC

Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A new unpatched Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'Dirty Frag' has been disclosed, described as a successor to CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS 7.8), which was already under active exploitation in the wild. Dirty Frag enables root access on all major Linux distributions via a single command and has been reported to kernel maintainers but remains unpatched. Security teams should monitor for exploitation and apply mitigations as kernel patches are developed.

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