Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2005-3784

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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