Outage in Linode
[DirtyFrag] Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Minor
May 08, 2026 - Started about 1 hour ago
Official incident page
Official incident page
Incident Report
Akamai is aware of the recently disclosed “DirtyFrag”[1] vulnerability that followed the “CopyFail”[2] disclosure. This vulnerability is very similar in nature and has a similar impact, exploit path, and mitigation approach. We have not observed any related malicious exploits targeting our infrastructure and are continuing to address the vulnerability across our product portfolio and internal systems.
As with “CopyFail”, we are advising customers to consider most Linux distributions to be at-risk until patched. Since the “DirtyFrag” vulnerability was disclosed prior to upstream patches having been made available, we are forced to wait for the different OS providers to create new releases or patches before we can integrate them into the versions we make available to customers.
As this is a rapidly developing incident, we will provide further information regarding recommended actions, possible mitigations, and OS updates for all customers who may be affected.
[1] https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/blob/master/assets/write-up.md
[2] https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-mitigation/
Components affected
Linode .com Linode Manager and API Linode Hosted DNS Service Linode Longview Linode US-East (Newark) NodeBalancers Linode US-East (Newark) Backups Linode US-East (Newark) Object Storage Linode US-East (Newark) Linode US-East (Newark) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-East (Newark) Block Storage Linode US-Central (Dallas) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-Central (Dallas) Linode US-Central (Dallas) Block Storage Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Object Storage Linode US-Central (Dallas) Backups Linode US-Central (Dallas) NodeBalancers Linode AP-South (Singapore) Object Storage Linode US-West (Fremont) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-West (Fremont) Backups Linode US-West (Fremont) Linode US-West (Fremont) Block Storage Linode US-West (Fremont) NodeBalancers Linode US-Southeast (Atlanta) NodeBalancers Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Block Storage Linode US-Southeast (Atlanta) Backups Linode US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Kubernetes Engine Linode EU-West (London) Block Storage Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Backups Linode EU-West (London) Kubernetes Engine Linode CA-Central (Toronto) NodeBalancers Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Kubernetes Engine Linode EU-West (London) Linode EU-West (London) Backups Linode EU-West (London) NodeBalancers Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Block Storage Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Backups Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Linode AP-South (Singapore) Kubernetes Engine Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) NodeBalancers Linode AP-South (Singapore) Block Storage Linode AP-South (Singapore) Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Block Storage Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-South (Singapore) Backups Linode AP-South (Singapore) NodeBalancers Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Block Storage Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) NodeBalancers Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Backups Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Backups Linode AP-West (Mumbai) NodeBalancers Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney) Backups Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney) Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney) NodeBalancersTrusted by 1,000+ teams
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about 1 hour ago - at 05/08/2026 01:40PM
Akamai is aware of the recently disclosed “DirtyFrag”[1] vulnerability that followed the “CopyFail”[2] disclosure. This vulnerability is very similar in nature and has a similar impact, exploit path, and mitigation approach. We have not observed any related malicious exploits targeting our infrastructure and are continuing to address the vulnerability across our product portfolio and internal systems.
As with “CopyFail”, we are advising customers to consider most Linux distributions to be at-risk until patched. Since the “DirtyFrag” vulnerability was disclosed prior to upstream patches having been made available, we are forced to wait for the different OS providers to create new releases or patches before we can integrate them into the versions we make available to customers.
As this is a rapidly developing incident, we will provide further information regarding recommended actions, possible mitigations, and OS updates for all customers who may be affected.
[1] https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/blob/master/assets/write-up.md
[2] https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-mitigation/
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