A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem. This vulnerability, known as Fragnesia, allows a local attacker to achieve arbitrary byte writes into the kernel page cache of read-only files.

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Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem. This vulnerability, known as Fragnesia, allows a local attacker to achieve arbitrary byte writes into the kernel page cache of read-only files.
Title kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel
Weaknesses CWE-123
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{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-13T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-46300 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-05-14T14:00:19Z

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