CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0127

7.2 HIGH Published 2003-03-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-03-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.2.2 • linux linux kernel 2.2.3 • linux linux kernel 2.2.4 • linux linux kernel 2.2.5 • linux linux kernel 2.2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.2.7 • linux linux kernel 2.2.8 • linux linux kernel 2.2.9 • linux linux kernel 2.2.10 • linux linux kernel 2.2.11 • linux linux kernel 2.2.12 • linux linux kernel 2.2.13 • linux linux kernel 2.2.14 • linux linux kernel 2.2.15 • linux linux kernel 2.2.16 • linux linux kernel 2.2.17 • linux linux kernel 2.2.18 • linux linux kernel 2.2.19 • linux linux kernel 2.2.20 • linux linux kernel 2.2.21 • linux linux kernel 2.2.22 • linux linux kernel 2.2.23 • linux linux kernel 2.2.24 • linux linux kernel 2.4.0 • linux linux kernel 2.4.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.6 • linux linux kernel 2.4.7 • linux linux kernel 2.4.8 • linux linux kernel 2.4.9 • linux linux kernel 2.4.10 • linux linux kernel 2.4.11 • linux linux kernel 2.4.12 • linux linux kernel 2.4.13 • linux linux kernel 2.4.14 • linux linux kernel 2.4.15 • linux linux kernel 2.4.16 • linux linux kernel 2.4.17 • linux linux kernel 2.4.18 • linux linux kernel 2.4.19 • linux linux kernel 2.4.20 • linux linux kernel 2.4.21

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