CVE-2001-0316: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.2.0 only; version 2.4.0 only

Published 2001-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.