Description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 | kernel +10 | 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL | RHSA-2010:0394 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2010:0394 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
References
- [oss-security] 20100312 CVE-2010-0729 kernel: ia64: ptrace: peek_or_poke requests miss ptrace_check_attach() mailing-list
- 38702 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0394 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8687 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572007
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459