Two stable kernels with Dirty Frag fixes [LWN.net]

Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 7.0.6 and 6.18.29 stable kernels with Hyunwoo Kim's patch for the second vulnerability (CVE-2026-43500) reported with Dirty Frag and Copy Fail 2. All users are advised to upgrade.

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Incorrect fix?

Posted May 11, 2026 14:15 UTC (Mon) by post-factum (subscriber, #53836) [Link] (2 responses)

The fix is reportedly incorrect though, see https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/agDTmXM2wXnJflYc@v4bel/

Misread?

Posted May 12, 2026 10:45 UTC (Tue) by seodisparate (subscriber, #140849) [Link] (1 responses)

Note that the link you posted is from an email by the patch submitter themselves, who implies that their patch fixes something "incorrect".

..or I misread

Posted May 12, 2026 10:53 UTC (Tue) by seodisparate (subscriber, #140849) [Link]

Sorry, it seems the post and your link mention 2 different patches, though both are submitted by the same person. The newer patch definitely supersedes the older one.