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CVE-2001-0914

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel before 2.4.11pre3 in multiple Linux distributions allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by starting the core vmlinux kernel, possibly related to poor error checking during ELF loading.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.4.11
• Suse Linux: 7.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638584813349&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100654787226869&w=2L:2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3570
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7591
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638584813349&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100654787226869&w=2L:2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3570
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7591

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