CVE-2004-2607 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2004-2607?

CVE-2004-2607 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2607?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2607?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2004-2607 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2607 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CVE-2005-3965, GHSA-jx9w-xpj8-hj9j.