Dirtyfrag Linux exploit patched silently across distributions
Key claims
- The dirtyfrag privilege escalation exploit no longer works on modern systems but patch status is undocumented.
- If you try to check who starred a project on GitHub from a user's profile, the link 404s. If you try to click the stars or watchers from the project page,
Volume over time
Peak 1 mentions/hour · 2 hourly buckets
Source threads (2)
Every thread this story was extracted from, with live and archive links so the evidence is verifiable.
- /g/109214420 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen If you try to check who starred a project on GitHub from a user's profile, the link 404s. If you try to click the stars or watchers from the project page,
- /g/109194740 ↗ live · archive curious evergreen 7 replies The dirtyfrag privilege escalation exploit no longer works on modern systems but patch status is undocumented.
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