CVE-2003-0986
N/A
Published: February 27, 2006 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.4.0 test102.4.0 test112.4.0 test122.4.0 test22.4.0 test32.4.0 test42.4.0 test52.4.0 test62.4.0 test72.4.0 test82.4.0 test92.4.182.4.18 pre12.4.18 pre22.4.18 pre32.4.18 pre42.4.18 pre52.4.18 pre62.4.18 pre72.4.18 pre82.4.19 pre12.4.19 pre22.4.19 pre32.4.19 pre42.4.19 pre52.4.19 pre62.4.21 pre12.4.21 pre42.4.21 pre72.4.22 pre102.4.232.4.23 pre92.4.23_ow22.4.242.4.24_ow12.6.02.6.1 rc12.6.1 rc22.6.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqwVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.htmlVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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