CVE

Id
11033  
CVE No.
CVE-2004-2607  
Status
Candidate  
Description
A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.5 and 2.4 up to 2.4.29-rc1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory via a large len argument, which is received as an int but cast to a short, which prevents a read loop from filling a buffer.  
Phase
Assigned (20051202)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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