linux-kernel
Safeguard articles tagged "linux-kernel" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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One Linux Kernel Bug From This Year, One From 2022 — Confirmed Exploited the Same Day
An IPv6 fragmentation bug disclosed weeks earlier and a 2022 watch_queue vulnerability both entered CISA's KEV catalogue on the same day in August 2026.
Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) Explained: Overwriting Read-Only Files in the Linux Kernel
CVE-2022-0847, Dirty Pipe, let unprivileged users overwrite data in read-only files through an uninitialized pipe flag — a clean path to root. Here is the page-cache mechanism behind it.
Dirty COW Linux kernel privilege escalation (CVE-2016-5195)
Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195) let local attackers hijack a kernel race condition for root. Nine years old, still found in fleets — here's how to find and fix it.
Dirty Pipe Linux kernel arbitrary write (CVE-2022-0847)
Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) lets local attackers overwrite read-only files via a pipe buffer flaw, enabling fast, reliable root escalation on Linux and Android.
Linux cgroups release_agent container escape (CVE-2022-0492)
CVE-2022-0492 lets containers with CAP_SYS_ADMIN escape via cgroup v1's release_agent. Impact, timeline, and concrete remediation steps inside.
Linux AF_PACKET privilege escalation (CVE-2020-14386)
CVE-2020-14386 lets a local attacker with CAP_NET_RAW corrupt Linux kernel heap memory via AF_PACKET and escalate privileges. Here's the fix and impact.
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