CVE-2004-2302

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.10

References

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
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

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