When was CVE-2004-2302 disclosed?

CVE-2004-2302 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 31, 2004, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2004-2302 actively exploited?

CVE-2004-2302 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 20.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2004-2302?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2004-2302, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2004-2302

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 20.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (18)

cve@mitrehttp://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
cve@mitrehttp://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17826
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18056
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13091
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404186a4deVoR88JjTwMa3ZnIp-_YJsA
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218

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