VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0956

CVE-2003-0956

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.

Affected products

2
  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.4.22

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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