kernel: ptrace: Crash on PTRACE_{ATTACH,DETACH} race
Published Jun 30, 2008
4.7
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
Description
Race condition in the ptrace and utrace support in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via a long series of PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace calls to another user's process that trigger a conflict between utrace_detach and report_quiescent, related to "late ptrace_may_attach() check" and "race around &dead_engine_ops setting," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0771 and CVE-2008-1514. NOTE: this issue might only affect kernel versions before 2.6.16.x.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.12.12
- 2.6.12.22
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.11
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.2
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18.1
- 2.6.18.3
- 2.6.18.4
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19.1
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- 2.6.20
- 2.6.20.1
- 2.6.20.2
- 2.6.20.3
- 2.6.20.4
- 2.6.20.5
- 2.6.20.8
- 2.6.20.9
- 2.6.20.11
- 2.6.20.13
- 2.6.20.15
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21.1
- 2.6.21.2
- 2.6.21.4
- 2.6.21.6
- 2.6.21.7
- 2.6.22
- 2.6.22.1
- 2.6.22.3
- 2.6.22.4
- 2.6.22.5
- 2.6.22.6
- 2.6.22.7
- 2.6.22.8
- 2.6.22.11
- 2.6.22.12
- 2.6.22.13
- 2.6.22.14
- 2.6.22.15
- 2.6.22.16
- 2.6.22.17
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23.1
- 2.6.23.2
- 2.6.23.3
- 2.6.23.4
- 2.6.23.5
- 2.6.23.6
- 2.6.23.7
- 2.6.23.9
- 2.6.23.10
- 2.6.23.14
- 2.6.23_rc1
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24.1
- 2.6.24.2
- 2.6.24.6
- 2.6.24_rc4
- 2.6.24_rc5
- 2.6.25
- 2.6.25.1
- 2.6.25.2
- 2.6.25.3
- 2.6.25.4
- 2.6.25.5
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.20.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0508
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-0:2.6.18-92.el5
Fixed · RHBA-2008:0314
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.20.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0508 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-0:2.6.18-92.el5 | Fixed | RHBA-2008:0314 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00526) | 42.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00526) | 40.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01314) | 78.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecfbae093f0c37311e89b29bfc0c9d586eace87 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f358166a9405e4f1d8e50d8f415c26d95505b6de x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5b40e363ad6041a96e3da32281d8faa191597b9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117863520707703&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3965 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/tests/ptrace-tests/tests/late-ptrace-may-attach-check.c?cvsroot=systemtap x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/26/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/14/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29945 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020362 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2365 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43567 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2365
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10749 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2365
Change history (0)
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