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High RLSA-2026:16206 1 CVE

Important: kernel security update

Published May 14, 2026 · Updated May 14, 2026

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: "Dirty Frag" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-611.55.1.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-43284 Public exploit EPSS 94%

    xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter()…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467771