CVE-2004-2607

Low

Description

A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.5 and 2.4 up to 2.4.29-rc1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory via a large len argument, which is received as an int but cast to a short, which prevents a read loop from filling a buffer.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedDec 31, 2004
First seenDec 31, 2004

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.4.0, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.21, 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.23_ow2, 2.4.24, 2.4.24_ow1, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27, 2.4.28, 2.4.29, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5—

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