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08.05.2026 14:10 Two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel have been publicly disclosed on May 7, 2026. One of the vulnerabilities has CVE ID CVE-2026-43284 assigned, while the other one does not yet. Both are referred to as “Dirty Frag.” The affected components are Linux kernel modules. The first vulnerability impacts the modules that

06.05.2026 16:00 The countdown to the Ubuntu Summit is officially on! We are just three weeks away from Ubuntu Summit 26.04, and the orange energy levels in our community channels are peaking. We’ve been reviewing the talk submissions, and have been blown away by the passion and creativity of our circle of friends. Once again, the schedule

04.05.2026 05:13 Why run Ubuntu on Windows? It’s about getting the best of both worlds.

01.05.2026 17:22 A local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2026-31431 and is referred to as Copy Fail. The affected component is a kernel module that provides hardware-accelerated cryptographic functions: algif_aead. The vulnerability affects all Ubuntu releases before Resolute .