CVE-2003-1040 — LOW severity vulnerability (kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-1040 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-04-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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