# CVE-2013-2929: The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get\_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restricti

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-12-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h.

## What to do

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64111
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2115-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2116-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d049f74f2dbe71354d43d393ac3a188947811348
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2114-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028148
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2112-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1252
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2111-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d049f74f2dbe71354d43d393ac3a188947811348

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