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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-12-03T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:24.335Z
Reserved: 2005-12-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-2607
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:53:47.243
Link: CVE-2004-2607
Redhat
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