@@ -124,12 +124,14 @@ The fixes for Dirty Frag are still in development as of May 8. The first fixes
124124have been merged upstream and released in 7.0.5, 6.18.28, 6.12.87, 6.6.138,
1251256.1.172, 5.15.206 and 5.10.255 but there is
126126[ more to come for rxrpc] ( https://lwn.net/ml/all/2026050859-ahead-anchovy-05e2@gregkh/ ) .
127+ Update 2026-05-11: 7.0.6 and 6.18.29 contain this last patch, older kernels don't need it.
127128The responsible disclosure process for Dirty Frag unfortunately failed due to the
128129[ patches being spotted] ( https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/12 ) ,
129130so the upstream maintainers and the distributors this time did not have time
130131to carefully prepare and test fixes ahead of the publication of the issue.
131132So we have to expect that it will take a few days until all Linux distributor
132- manage to ship tested fixed kernels.
133+ manage to ship tested fixed kernels. Alma Linux has done so already, others are
134+ expected to follow soon.
133135
134136A fully effective workaround is again to prevent loading the affected modules
135137by placing another file ` dirtyfrag.conf ` in ` /etc/modprobe.d/ ` :
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ key or to use a tool like kubectl-node-shell with the appropriate
211213privileges.
212214
213215``` bash
214- for node in $( kubectl get nodes | grep -v ' ^NAME' | awk ' {print $1;}' ) do ;
216+ for node in $( kubectl get nodes | grep -v ' ^NAME' | awk ' {print $1;}' ) ; do
215217 kubectl node_shell " $node " -- bash -c ' echo -e "# Temporarily disable algif_aead (copy.fail)\ninstall algif_aead /bin/false" > /etc/modprobe.d/disable-aead-copyfail.conf'
216218 kubectl node_shell " $node " -- bash -c ' echo -e "# Temporarily disable esp4, esp6, rxrpc (Dirty Frag)\ninstall esp4 /bin/false\ninstall esp6 /bin/false\ninstall rxrpc /bin/false" > /etc/modprobe.d/disable-esp46-rxrpc-dirtyfrag.conf'
217219done
@@ -254,3 +256,4 @@ SCS security contact is [security@scs.community](mailto:security@scs.community),
254256- kubectl node-shell instructions, v0.2, 2026-05-09, 12:45 CEST.
255257- Mention succssful patching of community infra, v0.3, 2026-05-09, 13:30 CEST.
256258- Correct facts on the failure of the responsible disclosure. Release as v1.0, 2026-05-09, 20:00 CEST.
259+ - Update on final rxrpc fix in stable kernels. v1.1, 2026-05-12, 08:45 CEST.
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