CVE-2013-0871: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.5, before 3.7.5 (fixed in 3.7.5)

Published 2013-02-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.