CVE-2001-1392

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: 2001-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.2.19 does not have unregister calls for (1) CPUID and (2) MSR drivers, which could cause a DoS (crash) by unloading and reloading the drivers.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.2.19

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98575345009963&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98637996127004&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98653252326445&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98684172109474&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98759029811377&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98775114228203&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99013830726309&w=2
http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2219.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-047.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-047
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98575345009963&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98637996127004&w=2

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