{"cve":"CVE-2003-0986","nvd":{"published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:03:17.993","status":"Modified","description":"Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernelspace, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ","http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqw","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707","http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:35:54.859949650+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2003-0986","score":0.00348,"percentile":0.28399,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}