Published: 31/12/2004 Updated: 19/02/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.6 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.9

VMScore: 231

Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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

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Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2004-2302 A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local users to read kernel memory and ca ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA 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 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-922 https://nvd.nist.gov

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