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CVE-2019-13272

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 52.2%

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, which allows local users to obtain root access by leveraging certain scenarios with a parent-child process relationship, where a parent drops privileges and calls execve (potentially allowing control by an attacker). One contributing factor is an object lifetime issue (which can also cause a panic). Another contributing factor is incorrect marking of a ptrace relationship as privileged, which is exploitable through (for example) Polkit's pkexec helper with PTRACE_TRACEME. NOTE: SELinux deny_ptrace might be a usable workaround in some environments.

CVSS v3.1 NVD
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 NVD
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
52.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
CISA KEV
added 2021-12-10
Published
2019-07-17
Updated
2025-10-21

Proof-of-concept exploits (21)

Metasploit modules (1)

ExploitDB entries (4)

Exploit collections (1)

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