CVE-2001-0316

CVE-2001-0316 affects Linux kernels 2.2 and 2.4 where sysctl can be invoked with a negative length, allowing unprivileged local users to read kernel memory and potentially obtain root privileges. Mitigation in the public records points to upgrading to kernel 2.2.19 or later (and vendor advisories...

CVE-2001-0316

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to read kernel memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative argument to the sysctl call...