FKIE_CVE-2005-3784
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-23 21:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:17
Severity
Summary
The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
References
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