Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in ptrace in Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.2

CVE-2001-0317 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Race condition in ptrace in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges by using ptrace to track and modify a running setuid process.

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