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Linux 7.0.6 Finalizes Dirty Frag Mitigation With RXRPC Patch

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Source: Phoronix
TL;DR

Linux 7.0.6 ships as a stable release to fully mitigate the Dirty Frag local privilege escalation, delivering a single patch for RXRPC: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present; Linux 6.18.29 LTS also includes the same fix. Background and workarounds are available on the Dirty Frag GitHub repo.

Topics:businesstechnology#dirtyfrag#linux706#linuxkernel#privilegeescalation#rxrpc#technology
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  1. Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability  Phoronix
  2. Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk  Microsoft
  3. Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions  The Hacker News
  4. Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos  The Register
  5. Dirty Frag: Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation via ESP and RxRPC  wiz.io

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