CVE-2003-1040 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c@1.6?nav=index.html|src/|src/kernel|hist/kernel/kmod.c http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9423