When was CVE-2003-1040 disclosed?

CVE-2003-1040 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 15, 2004, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2003-1040 actively exploited?

CVE-2003-1040 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2003-1040?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2003-1040, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2003-1040

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 23.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
cve@mitrehttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
cve@mitrehttp://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c
cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9423
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html

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