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.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | kernel | * |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | kernel | * |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.21-15.EL | * |
Red Hat Linux 9 | RedHat | kernel | * |