CVE-2003-0986

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Linux
Status
Linux Kernel
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 December 2003

Summary

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.

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html
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http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e...
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http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9E...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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