kernel: interger overflows in Sbus PROM driver
Published Oct 9, 2007
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.56%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver (drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c) for the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, 2.6.x up to 2.6.7, and possibly later versions, allow local users to execute arbitrary code by specifying (1) a small buffer size to the copyin_string function or (2) a negative buffer size to the copyin function.
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
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.9_pre5
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.4.13
- 2.4.14
- 2.4.15
- 2.4.16
- 2.4.17
- 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
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.20
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 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
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.31
- 2.4.31
- 2.4.32
- 2.4.32
- 2.4.32
- 2.4.33
- 2.4.33
- 2.4.33.2
- 2.4.33.3
- 2.4.33.4
- 2.4.33.5
- 2.4.34
- 2.4.34
- 2.4.34.1
- 2.4.34.2
- 2.4.35
- 2.4.35.2
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. The Linux kernel as shipped with with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 did not include the Sbus PROM module and therefore are not affected by this issue.
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00562) | 44.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00562) | 42.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00120) | 28.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0463.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010617 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/7345 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/8363 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5GP0515DFW.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10632 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2731 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=324791 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2731
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2731
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0463.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/11981 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1010617 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/7345 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/8363 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5GP0515DFW.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10632 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2731 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=324791 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2731 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2731 |
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