Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU100009

Integer underflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2001-0316

Published: May 3, 2001 / Updated: November 7, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU100009

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2001-0316

CWE-ID: CWE-191

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to read and manipulate data.

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to read kernel memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative argument to the sysctl call.

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