CVE-2003-0465: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.5.0 only

Published 2003-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.