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CVE-2001-0316

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.2.0, 2.4.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0267.html
• http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-009.0.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/6017
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-013.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6079
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0267.html
• http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-009.0.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/6017
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-013.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6079

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