New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros By Sergiu Gatlan May 8, 2026 03:45 AM A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local…
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New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros By Sergiu Gatlan May 8, 2026 03:45 AM A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local…
All Linux distros are affected by the new “Dirty Frag” vulnerability.
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New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros
Copy Fail is a trivially exploitable logic bug in Linux, reachable on all major distros released in the last 9 years. A small, portable python script gets root on all platforms.
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