DirtyClone Linux Kernel LPE Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root Access
Sat Jun 27 2026
Linux
Vulnerability
Zero-day
cyberpress.org
A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel, dubbed DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503), allows any unprivileged local user to silently gain root access by corrupting file-backed memory via cloned network packets, leaving no kernel logs or audit traces. DirtyClone is the latest identified variant within the DirtyFrag vulnerability family, a class of Linux kernel memory corruption […]
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