CVE-2004-2660

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in direct-io.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain O_DIRECT (direct IO) write requests.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+49)

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21605
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://secunia.com/advisories/22174
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19665
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10165
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21605

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