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A new Linux privilege escalation flaw called Fragnesia gives attackers root access through a page cache corruption trick — patches are rolling out now

A pair of newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Fragnesia, allow a local attacker to corrupt the kernel’s page cache and escalate from an unprivileged account to full root ...
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New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros

A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim, who disclosed ...
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X.Org Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation in Linux Systems

The issue impacts many large distros with GUI interfaces. A local privilege-escalation and file-overwrite vulnerability in X.Org X server opens the door to trivial compromise in Linux systems that use ...
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New StackRot Linux kernel flaw allows privilege escalation

Technical information has emerged for a serious vulnerability affecting multiple Linux kernel versions that could be triggered with "minimal capabilities." The security issue is being referred to as ...