Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
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: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.18, 2.4.19
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 3.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)