CVE-2003-0986

NameCVE-2003-0986
DescriptionVarious 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kernel-source-2.4.27source(unstable)(not affected)
linux-2.6source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- kernel-source-2.4.27 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload; 2.4.24)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Fixed before upload into archive; 2.6.2)

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