VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-1040

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-04-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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.

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