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CVE-2003-1040

kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signal…

Impact

kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Version 2.4.0

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