CVE-2001-1384: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.2.0 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 2.2.2 only; version 2.2.3 only; version 2.2.4 only; version 2.2.5 only; …

Published 2001-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.