CVE-2004-2607
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 3, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 2, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 18977third-party-advisory
- 19369third-party-advisory
- DSA-1018vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2006:044vendor-advisory
- 16759vdb-entry
- [linux-kernel] 20040416 Re: [CHECKER] Probable security holes in 2.6.5mailing-list
- MDKSA-2006:072vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20040416 Re: [CHECKER] Probable security holes in 2.6.5mailing-list
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