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CVE-2003-0986

LOW CVSS: 1.7 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References