Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2302
CVE-2004-2302
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
9- 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.patchnvdPatch
- linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsAnvdPatch
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17826nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18056nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091nvd
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