CVE-2004-1058: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …
• Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 4.1 only

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.