CVE-2004-2302

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091

Source: cve@mitre.org

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