The Lab · 2026-05-14 07:48:22 · GitHub Issues
A formal security assessment has been initiated to determine whether the PMSS kernel hardening framework adequately covers the "Fragnesia" privilege-escalation exploit, a kernel vulnerability bearing structural similarities to the known dirty fragmentation (dirtyfrag) class of flaws. The review, triggered by community-...
The Lab · 2026-05-14 08:48:22 · BleepingComputer Echo RSS
A newly identified high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-46300 and dubbed Fragnesia, is prompting emergency patching across multiple distributions. The flaw enables privilege escalation, allowing malicious actors who have already gained a foothold on a targeted system to execute code with...
The Lab · 2026-05-14 08:48:30 · Mastodon:mastodon.social:#infosec
Security researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as "Fragnesia," that enables local unprivileged users to escalate to root access without relying on a traditional race condition. The flaw specifically allows attackers to corrupt cached binaries held in memory, with these modific...
The Lab · 2026-05-14 18:18:20 · The Register
Security researchers at Wiz have disclosed "Fragnesia," a critical Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability that permits unprivileged users to obtain root-level access by corrupting page cache memory. Tracked as CVE-2026-46300, the flaw was discovered by William Bowling of the V12 security team and resides...