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.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911937
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1745-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1744-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1743-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1742-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1741-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1740-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1739-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1738-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1737-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1736-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/16
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0695.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0662.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0661.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0567.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00022.html