The Lab · 2026-05-09 22:31:47 · Mastodon:mastodon.social:#cybersecurity
A newly disclosed vulnerability cataloged as CVE-2026-43284—dubbed "Dirty Frag"—has surfaced as the second Linux kernel privilege-escalation exploit to emerge in an eight-day window, raising fresh scrutiny over kernel-level attack surface and the pace of coordinated vulnerability disclosure in open-source infrastructur...
The Lab · 2026-05-11 12:10:34 · SecurityWeek RSS
Security researchers have identified a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, internally referred to as "Dirty Frag" and also known as "Copy Fail 2," tracked under CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500. The flaw was publicly disclosed before a corresponding security patch became available, raising urgent concerns within the ...
The Lab · 2026-05-12 12:48:31 · Schneier on Security
Security researchers have disclosed a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, designated copy.fail, that allows local attackers to escalate privileges to root-level access by exploiting a flaw in the kernel crypto API. The flaw, disclosed by Theori on April 29, 2026, takes advantage of AF_ALG sockets combined with the spl...