cve/2013/CVE-2013-0871.md

### [CVE-2013-0871](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0871)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/16
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1737-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1741-1

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.