Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS…

Description

Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• SUSE-SU-2013:0341 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130215 Linux kernel race condition with PTRACE_SETREGS (CVE-2013-0871) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1738-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1740-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1742-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1745-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1743-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2013:0674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0567 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1744-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1736-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0661 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1739-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0662 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1741-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-1737-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 14:41 UTC.