CVE-2003-0956

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/12/2003

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Multiple race conditions in the handling of O_DIRECT in Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.22 could cause stale data to be returned from the disk when handling sparse files, or cause incorrect data to be returned when a file is truncated as it is being read, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive data that was originally owned by other users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0018.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None