CVE-2004-2607 | BDVDB-2026-13734 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16759
- http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0313.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
- http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0743.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.