The Linux ecosystem is dealing with another critical privilege-escalation vulnerability shortly after a previous high-severity issue required rapid attention from administrators. The “Dirty Frag” bug is reported to have been present in the kernel for nearly nine years, allowing local attackers to gain root access and impacting most major distributions. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim, known … Continue reading Linux “Dirty Frag” Vulnerability Went Undetected for Almost 10 Years