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CVE-2003-0956

LOW CVSS: 2.6 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

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