CVE-2003-0956

Multiple race conditions in the handling of ODIRECT 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...

CVE-2003-0956

CVE-2003-0956 describes race conditions in the Linux kernel’s O_DIRECT handling prior to 2.4.22. Affected component: kernel I/O path for direct I/O (O_DIRECT) on 2.4.x. Impact: local users could read data from previously deleted files or see data during reads of truncated files, potentially expos...