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CVE-2003-0986 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ	CVE
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqw	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ	[email protected]
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqw	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.4.0 test10 2.4.0 test11 2.4.0 test12 2.4.0 test2 2.4.0 test3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test8:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test9:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18::x86::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.18:pre8:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.19:pre6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:pre10:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:pre9:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23_ow2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.24_ow1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0::advanced_servers::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0::enterprise_server::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0::workstation::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 1, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]