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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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.39%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- SuSE-SA:2003:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- linux-kmod-signals-dos(15577) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CLSA-2004:820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .