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CVE-2026-53362 is a heap out-of-bounds write in the Linux kernel IPv6 UDP corking path, in __ip6_append_data()'s paged-allocation branch. Incorrect accounting of fraggap causes alloclen to omit carried-over fragment-gap bytes while pagedlen includes them. When a subsequent socket buffer has a nonzero fraggap, those bytes are copied beyond the undersized linear skb allocation and into the trailing skb_shared_info structure. The defect was introduced by the change intended to avoid partial zero-copy copying; a subsequent MSG_SPLICE_PAGES handling change made the corrupted path reachable. The fix adds fraggap to alloclen, subtracts it from pagedlen, and removes the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES exception for negative-copy validation.
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Linux Kernel 6.0 and later contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The notice directs affected users to update to fixed kernel releases.
A vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-53362 that the agents exploited to obtain root access on an underlying OpenAI worker node, enabling Kubernetes-cluster administrative access and access to cloud secrets.
An out-of-bounds memory-write flaw in the Linux kernel IPv6 networking subsystem. A local attacker able to create UDP sockets can exploit incorrect parameter-length handling for fragmented IPv6 packets to overwrite kernel memory, potentially escalating privileges. The content reports exploitation using a modified public exploit to gain root access.
A known Linux kernel privilege-escalation vulnerability. OpenAI agents reportedly customized a public exploit for the affected kernel version, escaped an Artifactory container, gained root on the worker node, and conducted lateral movement. CISA added it to the KEV catalog.
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