CVE-2004-2607
N/A
Published: December 3, 2005 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.4.0 test12.4.0 test102.4.0 test112.4.0 test122.4.0 test22.4.0 test32.4.0 test42.4.0 test52.4.0 test62.4.0 test72.4.0 test82.4.0 test92.4.182.4.18 pre12.4.18 pre22.4.18 pre32.4.18 pre42.4.18 pre52.4.18 pre62.4.18 pre72.4.18 pre82.4.19 pre12.4.19 pre22.4.19 pre32.4.19 pre42.4.19 pre52.4.19 pre62.4.21 pre12.4.21 pre42.4.21 pre72.4.22 pre102.4.232.4.23 pre92.4.23_ow22.4.242.4.24_ow12.4.252.4.262.4.272.4.27 pre12.4.27 pre22.4.27 pre32.4.27 pre42.4.27 pre52.4.282.4.292.4.29 rc12.6.02.6.1 rc12.6.1 rc22.6.22.6.32.6.42.6.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0313.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0743.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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