CVE-2004-2302

Summary

Race condition in the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions in Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via large offsets in sysfs files.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10-rc1/2.6.10-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-race-in-sysfs_read_file-and-sysfs_write_file.patch

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10-rc1/2.6.10-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-race-in-sysfs_read_file-and-sysfs_write_file.patch

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