Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002470)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002470 advisory. Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002125)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002125 advisory. Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted...

Linux Kernel ptrace/sysret - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

The Linux kernel before 3.15.4 on Intel processors does not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allows local users to leverage a race condition and gain privileges, or cause a denial of service double...

Linux Kernel ptrace/sysret Local Privilege Escalation

/ CVE-2014-4699 ptrace/sysret PoC by Vitaly Nikolenko [email protected] gcc -O2 pocv0.c This code is kernel specific. On Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS 3.2.0-23-generic, the following will trigger the GP in sysret and overwrite the PF handler so we can land to our NOP sled mapped at 0x80000000. However, onc...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:0396-1)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues : CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptracedeath. CVE-2013-016...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2013:0741)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0741 advisory. - kernel: use after free bug in quota handling CVE-2012-2133 - kernel: race condition with PTRACESETREGS CVE-2013-0871 Note that Nessus has...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2013:0567)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0567 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: A race conditio...

Debian DSA-2632-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2013-0231 Jan Beulich provided a fix for an issue in the Xen PCI backend driver...

CVE-2013-0871

Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptracedeath...

CVE-2007-3731

The Linux kernel 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 does not properly handle an invalid LDT segment selector in %cs the xcs field during ptrace single-step operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL dereference and OOPS via certain code that makes ptrace PTRACESETREGS and...