CVE-2004-0997: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the ptrace MIPS assembly code in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.17 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; version 2.4.5 only; …

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.