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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cve-icon 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

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2010-04-02T04:50:44.267

Link: CVE-2004-2607

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