Vendor reports: degradedResolved · vendor status “resolved”Official status API

[DirtyFrag] Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Reported by Linode (Akamai) · Cloud & Infrastructure · source last read 2 min ago

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Vendor start
May 8, 2026, 13:40 UTC
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Resolved
Jul 6, 2026, 14:41 UTC
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First seen by Statuswall
Before tracking began
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Duration
59 d 1 h
From vendor start and resolution

Summary

Built from the facts below, no AI

Potential impact, not a confirmed outage of your systems.

What the vendor confirmed

  • Linode (Akamai) reports degraded: "[DirtyFrag] Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability".[E1, E2]
  • The vendor marked it resolved at 2026-07-06 14:41 UTC.[E3, E7]

Affected products and regions

  • Components: US-East (Newark), Linode.com, US-East (Newark) Block Storage, US-East (Newark) NodeBalancers, US-East (Newark) Backups, US-East (Newark) Object Storage, US-East (Newark) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-East (Newark), Cloud Manager and API, US-Central (Dallas), US-Central (Dallas) Block Storage, US-Central (Dallas) NodeBalancers, US-Central (Dallas) Backups, US-Central (Dallas) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Object Storage, US-Central (Dallas), Akamai Cloud Pulse (ACLP) - Logs, US-West (Fremont), Hosted DNS Service, US-West (Fremont) Block Storage, US-West (Fremont) NodeBalancers, US-West (Fremont) Backups, US-West (Fremont) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington) Object Storage, US-West (Fremont), US-Southeast (Atlanta), US-Southeast (Atlanta) NodeBalancers, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Backups, Longview, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Block Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago) Object Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta), EU-Central (Frankfurt) Object Storage, Managed Databases, US-IAD (Washington), US-IAD (Washington) Backups, US-IAD (Washington) Block Storage, US-IAD (Washington) NodeBalancers, US-IAD (Washington) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington), AP-South (Singapore) Object Storage, US-ORD (Chicago), US-ORD (Chicago) Backups, US-ORD (Chicago) Block Storage, US-ORD (Chicago) NodeBalancers, US-ORD (Chicago) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago), CA-Central (Toronto), CA-Central (Toronto) Block Storage.[E6]

What is unknown

  • Which regions are affected: the vendor did not say.[E5]
  • Whether your own systems are affected: a vendor report cannot tell you; check your monitoring.

Last update in these facts: 2026-07-06 14:41 UTC · summary s1, evidence 54a4ca720e51c687

Evidence (7)
  1. E1Linode (Akamai) reports degraded. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  2. E2Vendor title: "[DirtyFrag] Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  3. E3Vendor status word: "resolved". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  4. E4Vendor-reported start: 2026-05-08 13:40 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  5. E5The vendor did not state which regions are affected. (Statuswall)
  6. E6Components the vendor attached: US-East (Newark), Linode.com, US-East (Newark) Block Storage, US-East (Newark) NodeBalancers, US-East (Newark) Backups, US-East (Newark) Object Storage, US-East (Newark) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-East (Newark), Cloud Manager and API, US-Central (Dallas), US-Central (Dallas) Block Storage, US-Central (Dallas) NodeBalancers, US-Central (Dallas) Backups, US-Central (Dallas) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Object Storage, US-Central (Dallas), Akamai Cloud Pulse (ACLP) - Logs, US-West (Fremont), Hosted DNS Service, US-West (Fremont) Block Storage, US-West (Fremont) NodeBalancers, US-West (Fremont) Backups, US-West (Fremont) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington) Object Storage, US-West (Fremont), US-Southeast (Atlanta), US-Southeast (Atlanta) NodeBalancers, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Backups, Longview, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Block Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago) Object Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta), EU-Central (Frankfurt) Object Storage, Managed Databases, US-IAD (Washington), US-IAD (Washington) Backups, US-IAD (Washington) Block Storage, US-IAD (Washington) NodeBalancers, US-IAD (Washington) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington), AP-South (Singapore) Object Storage, US-ORD (Chicago), US-ORD (Chicago) Backups, US-ORD (Chicago) Block Storage, US-ORD (Chicago) NodeBalancers, US-ORD (Chicago) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago), CA-Central (Toronto), CA-Central (Toronto) Block Storage. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  7. E7Vendor-reported resolution: 2026-07-06 14:41 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)

Affected scope

Not stated by the vendor

Components: US-East (Newark), Linode.com, US-East (Newark) Block Storage, US-East (Newark) NodeBalancers, US-East (Newark) Backups, US-East (Newark) Object Storage, US-East (Newark) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-East (Newark), Cloud Manager and API, US-Central (Dallas), US-Central (Dallas) Block Storage, US-Central (Dallas) NodeBalancers, US-Central (Dallas) Backups, US-Central (Dallas) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Object Storage, US-Central (Dallas), Akamai Cloud Pulse (ACLP) - Logs, US-West (Fremont), Hosted DNS Service, US-West (Fremont) Block Storage, US-West (Fremont) NodeBalancers, US-West (Fremont) Backups, US-West (Fremont) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington) Object Storage, US-West (Fremont), US-Southeast (Atlanta), US-Southeast (Atlanta) NodeBalancers, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Backups, Longview, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Block Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago) Object Storage, US-Southeast (Atlanta), EU-Central (Frankfurt) Object Storage, Managed Databases, US-IAD (Washington), US-IAD (Washington) Backups, US-IAD (Washington) Block Storage, US-IAD (Washington) NodeBalancers, US-IAD (Washington) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington), AP-South (Singapore) Object Storage, US-ORD (Chicago), US-ORD (Chicago) Backups, US-ORD (Chicago) Block Storage, US-ORD (Chicago) NodeBalancers, US-ORD (Chicago) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago), CA-Central (Toronto), CA-Central (Toronto) Block Storage

No region Statuswall recognises is stated for this incident (place names and provider-specific codes are not converted). It is not assumed to be global.

Potential relevance

Linode (Akamai) is not in your stack. Follow it to see whether reports like this fall inside the regions you use.

Timeline

Vendor times come from the vendor. “Seen by Statuswall” times are when Statuswall noticed a change, which can lag the vendor by a few minutes. Statuswall does not store the vendor's update text; read it on the official page.

  1. May 8, 2026, 13:40 UTCVendor-reported startVendor time
  2. Jul 6, 2026, 14:41 UTCVendor-reported resolutionVendor time

No changes observed yet. Statuswall began recording changes on incidents in November 2026.