CVE-2004-2607 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2004-2607

A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4.0, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.21, 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.23_ow2, 2.4.24, 2.4.24_ow1, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27, 2.4.28, 2.4.29, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.