CVE-2013-2929: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.12.1; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2013-12-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.