CVE-2009-1527

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect cred_exec_mutex object.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 5, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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