Dossier
William Bowling
Coverage of William Bowling in the Nexus archive.
- Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access
A Linux kernel local privilege escalation flaw called Fragnesia has been discovered, allowing unprivileged users to gain root access by corrupting page cache memory. The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-46300 and has public proof-of-concept exploit code available. Linux vendors have started pushing out advisories and mitigation guidance to patch the vulnerability.