Candidate: CVE-2004-2302 References: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA http://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.patch http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html 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. Notes: dannf> sysfs is only in 2.6, so marking 2.4 N/A Bugs: 322339 upstream: released (2.6.10) linux-2.6: N/A 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge1) [fs-sysfs-read-write-race.dpatch] 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.19-woody-security: N/A 2.4.18-woody-security: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security: N/A 2.4.16-woody-security: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: N/A 2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: N/A