Patches for CVE-2026-46243 (CIFSwitch), a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CIFS subsystem, have been built for Rocky Linux 8, 9, and 10. Our hot fix security repository has been updated.
If you're running any supported Rocky Linux release, update now:
sudo dnf --enablerepo=security update
#RockyLinux #OpenSource #Linux #LinuxSecurity #CVE #EnterpriseLinux
Rocky Linux :rockylinux:
npub1kg…vw7kf
2026-06-05 15:51:00 UTC
Author Public Key
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wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-06-05 15:51:00 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Patches for CVE-2026-46243 (CIFSwitch), a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CIFS subsystem, have been built for Rocky Linux 8, 9, and 10. Our hot fix security repository has been updated.\n\nIf you're running any supported Rocky Linux release, update now:\nsudo dnf --enablerepo=security update \n\n#RockyLinux #OpenSource #Linux #LinuxSecurity #CVE #EnterpriseLinux",
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