CVE-2003-0986
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.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:enterprise_linux
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