CVE-2003-0956 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0956?

CVE-2003-0956 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0956?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-0956 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m286-2m8r-f259.