CVE-2004-2302 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-922-1	New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2294	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-08T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:13.589Z

Reserved: 2005-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-2302

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-2302

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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