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New Fragnesia Flaw Hands Linux Local Users Root Access

·Source: Infosecurity Magazine

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Executive Summary

New Fragnesia kernel flaw lets unprivileged local users escalate to root on Linux systems

Analysis

New Fragnesia kernel flaw lets unprivileged local users escalate to root on Linux systems
Source Attribution

Originally published by Infosecurity Magazine on May 14, 2026.

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