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
Published Dec 3, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23_ow2
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.24_ow1
- 2.4.25
- 2.4.26
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.28
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.29
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00460) | 37.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00460) | 36.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 17.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16759 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0313.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0743.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16759 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0313.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0743.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.