{"id":474873,"date":"2026-05-08T14:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/474873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:12:16","slug":"all-linux-distros-are-affected-by-the-new-dirty-frag-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/474873\/","title":{"rendered":"All Linux distros are affected by the new \u201cDirty Frag\u201d vulnerability."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted May 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>All Linux distros are affected by the new \u201cDirty Frag\u201d vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/922243\/linux-cve-2026-3141-copy-fail-exploit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCopy Fail\u201d<\/a> exploit revealed a week ago, the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwall.com\/lists\/oss-security\/2026\/05\/07\/8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDirty Frag\u201d<\/a> exploits (CVE-2026-43284) also allow a local user to give themselves root privileges on nearly any Linux distribution. 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