CVE-2003-0127 in Kernelinfo

Summary

The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x before 2.4.21, allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel.

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Reservation

03/13/2003

Disclosure

03/31/2003

Status

Confirmed

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