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CVE-2003-0956 (GCVE-0-2003-0956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-16 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:12
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2003-06-20 00:00
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