CVE-2013-0871 in Kernelinfo

Summary

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.

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Reservation

01/07/2013

Disclosure

02/17/2013

Status

Confirmed

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