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CVE-2004-2302

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2302 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.6.10, within the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions. This vulnerability allows local attackers to read sensitive kernel memory or trigger a denial of service by providing large offsets to sysfs files. With a CVSS score of 2.6, it has a low severity, requiring local access and high attack complexity, resulting in partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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
Patch
linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/17826
secunia.com / advisories/18056
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/13091