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Fragnesia Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations

calendar_today May 14, 2026 person Luci Stanescu (Luci Stanescu) domain canonical

A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on May 13, 2026. The vulnerability does not have a CVE ID published, but is referred to as “Fragnesia.”  The vulnerability affects multiple Linux distributions, including all Ubuntu releases. The affected components are the Linux kernel modules that provide support for […]

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