Alma Linux releases early Dirty Frag patches for testing

6 articles · Updated · Phoronix · May 7

The flaw was disclosed before most distributions had fixes, and can let local users gain root privileges across major Linux distributions.
Dirty Frag affects decryption fast paths in the kernel's esp4, esp6 and rxrpc code, while a temporary workaround disables and removes those modules.
Alma Linux is among the first distributions to offer test patches as users await broader vendor updates for the newly public privilege-escalation vulnerability.

When an exploit is leaked before a patch, is the open-source security model protecting users or putting them in greater danger?

Millions of industrial and IoT devices are never patched. Is 'Dirty Frag' a ticking time bomb for our critical infrastructure?