{"id":"RLSA-2026:16195","summary":"Important: kernel security update","details":"The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: \"Dirty Frag\" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-05-14T18:24:58.200702969Z","published":"2026-05-14T18:00:46.647307Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-43284"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:16195"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467771"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:4.18.0-553.124.1.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:16195.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}