CVE-2003-0986

LowCVSS 1.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.7/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 2003
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2003-0986: Low severity, CVSS 1.7 | Vulnix