Candidate: CVE-2003-1040
References: 
 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c@1.6?nav=index.html|src/|src/kernel|hist/kernel/kmod.c
 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15577
Description: 
 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.
Notes: 
 fixed before 2.6 released
Bugs: 
upstream: released (2.4.23)
linux-2.6: N/A
2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.19-woody-security: needed
2.4.18-woody-security: needed
2.4.17-woody-security: needed
2.4.16-woody-security: needed
2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: needed
2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: needed