Newly disclosed "Dirty Frag" vulnerability left Linux exposed for nearly a decade

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Facepalm: The open-source community is once again facing a major security incident tied to an "unprecedented" vulnerability. The new flaw could give attackers a reliable way to escalate user privileges, and no patch is available yet. Fortunately, the mitigation process is relatively straightforward. Still, kernel developers are already growing frustrated with the seemingly endless stream of critical bugs.

Hyunwoo Kim, also known as "V4bel," recently disclosed "Dirty Frag," a dangerous security vulnerability that provides local attackers with root access on Linux-based systems. All major – and likely many minor – Linux distributions are affected by the issue, which currently can only be mitigated because no patch is available yet. In fact, Kim had planned to disclose the bug at a later date, but someone intervened and forced the issue into the...

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