CVE-2003-0127: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x before 2.4.21, allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel.

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 2003-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.